INTERESTING ORAL PHOBIAS

As dentists, we see patients with dental fears every single day. Here are some strange and wonderful medically verified dental phobias! Hopefully we can overcome these phobias!

Odontophobia- the fear of dentists
Odontarrupophobia- the fear of toothbrushes
Arachibutyrophobia- the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Queunliskanphobia- the fear of saliva (usually other people’s)
Cibophobia- the fear of choking on food
Touloungeaphobia- the fear of tongues- commonly, the fear of swallowing your tongue
Dipsophobia- the fear of drinking alcohol

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