Dr. Shaila Patel-Buxton- Dental Anxiety

Who are you?

Hi, my name's Dr. Shaila. I'm a Bupa dentist. Ask me questions about dental anxiety.

How much toothpaste should I use?

So that's actually a really good question. So I would say use a little pea-sized amount of toothpaste on your toothbrush. And after brushing your teeth, try not to swallow all the toothpaste.

How long brush your teeth for?

That's a really good question. Normally, we try and get you to learn to brush your teeth for two minutes, and it's quite a long time, so you could use a little timer or maybe play your favourite music that you know is roughly about two minutes.

What do you do at a normal check-up?

I'm scared of going to the dentist