The lion sleeps tonight

When we experience excessive stress, the "fight or flight" response -discovered by physiologist Walter Cannon- gets activated.


For now, these lions are harmless, but when they wake up, even on a safe distance, the very famous adrenaline flows into our bloodstream. Our breathing and heart pumping changes (gets faster), our sight sharpens (dilated pupils) and our impulses quicken. Prepared for fight (or flight), we start looking for the enemy....

That enemy could be everyone and everywhere, because we see things through an extreme kind of fear.

Dental treatment can be such an enemy and lead to this 'prehistoric' and 'animal like' response. However, every time your body triggers it for situations that are not truly life-threatening, you are having a false alarm. Too many false alarms can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure and other stress disorders.

We can help you to fight (and conquer) instead of flee.