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Handling Life’s Stressors - Fear of dentists, barking dogs, barking bosses
By Cabo writer David Mandich for Mexico Dentist Guide.
Handling Life’s Stressors - Fear of dentists, barking dogs, barking bosses
Avoiding stress seems an impossible challenge as we can seem
overwhelmed with many kinds of stress – parenting, marital, life-changes such
as getting married, divorce, death in the family, test-taking, a new job,
losing a job, moving, losing your home, mall-stress, paying with plastic
stress, organizational stress, holiday season stress, driving stress, getting a
traffic ticket, losing your temper, perfectionism and a biggie – fear of
doctors and dentists.
Especially dentists – the guys with those needles as big
as your arm they stick in your mouth when you’re not looking. The list of
stressors in modern life seems endless.
But there are many ways to cope with stress. Many you already
know, some that may surprise you. And I’m not just talking Cuban cigars, margaritas
and salsa dancing in Mexico. To lower your stress level - first identify the
cause(s) of your anxieties.
What in your life is causing those headaches,
backaches, light-headedness, upset stomach, racing heart, nervous tics,
insomnia, weight-gain, hyper-tension, the road rage, angina attacks, phobias
etc. What is it (or who is it) in your life that is making you so unhappy?
Sometimes stress is caused by poor diet, lack of exercise and
sleep – all easily remedied. I’m not going to tell you to get 7 hours sleep, to
stop eating all that fat, sugar, salt and consuming that liter of single malt
whiskey every day for breakfast – you’ve heard it all before. And I’m not going
to tell you to walk a mile on the beach every day. Or file for divorce.
I’m not going to wear
you out with those tired but true stress relievers. But it helps a lot to leave
for work ten minutes earlier, to be nice to your spouse, lay off the sauce and
to ditch the credit cards for starters.
Drown your stress.
Tequila used to be the sedative of choice in Mexico prior to the 19th
century for dentists, doctors and the common drunk. It was whiskey in the US. Sedative
spirits based on the cactus date back to before the Aztecs. Tequila (the Aztecs
used a cruder version called ‘pulque’ was tightly controlled by the ancient
authorities. Only the elderly, royalty and sacrificial victims were given the
stress relieving libation.
Other solutions to stress can include natural herbs, meditation,
prayer (praying for money usually doesn’t work), music, reading, aromatherapy
and my favorite (I’ve been practicing for years and didn’t realize it) –
cooking. Becoming an iron chef combines mild physical therapy, a creative
distraction from your stressors, aromatherapy and ideally, proper diet.
So - head for the mercado with your woven fiber Mexican shopping
bag and buy as much natural, raw, unprocessed produce, fresh meats and fish as
you can. Mexican food in general is quite healthful being high in fiber, carbs,
proteins and natural vitamins. Buy a good Mexican food cookbook or join a
cooking class. Get to know chili’s. There are dozens of varieties and they are
loaded with vitamins and anti-virus killers.
Remember the movie –
Little Shop of Horrors? Actor Steve Martin played the dentist who gassed himself with
laughing gas (nitros oxide) before working on the patient. The reality is – the
gas turns up at concerts and auto racing events sold illegally in balloons and
repeated usage causes symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. Nitrous Oxide is tightly controlled in Mexico by the health authorities.
Medical or dental office visits rank high on the list of
stressors. Some people won’t visit a dentist until their teeth and gums are so
rotten there is nothing left to do for the dentist but extract them. Often the
person suffered for months or years needlessly due to their fear of the
dentist. And all they needed to prevent the tooth, gum disease or bone loss was
routine checkups.
People often fear a dentist because they are in pain, fear the
pain of the treatment, and fear having to pay for it. If you are one of these
people – you are not alone as it’s estimated 10% of the population have some
form of dental anxiety or phobia.
Though Mexican dentists no longer use Jose’ Cuervo shots to
alleviate pain, they now have many other ways of getting the job done
painlessly from drill-less sonic cleanings to simple sedations given orally and sleep dentistry. Sleep or Sedation dentistry can be with injections or via an IV administered by a Dr. of Anesthesiology. Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is only
permitted in hospitals in Mexico due to strict drug abuse controls.
If you are having a treatment requiring advanced dental
procedures such as a root canal, crown, oral surgery or dental implant – be
sure to use a certified dentist. A certified dentist in Mexico costs the same
as a general dentist in Mexico and has 2-4 additional years of training, so
your dental work has the greatest chance of success.
With a certified dentist,
you can be treated by highly-skilled professional who is familiar with sedation
or sleep dentistry options and alleviating the fears of anxious patients.
And remember, when in Mexico – a certified dentist costs the
same as a less-trained general dentist, so you can afford the best dentists in
Mexico.
A Dental Holiday in Mexico is one way to relieve dental anxiety.
Mexico Dentists Guide a website by US dentist Dr. Nelson Henry features clinics with board certified
dentists in popular Mexico dental travel destinations such as Puerto Vallarta, Cabo and Cancun as well as border towns such as Tijuana, Los Algodones and major cities in Mexico.
You can have a
free consultation and Mexico dental cost estimate by visiting American dentist Dr. Nelson Henry's Mexico Dentist Guide
Writer David Mandich reduces his stress by living in Cabo San Lucas.
Contact him at: angelswrote@gmail.com
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