Before you explore the RETURN resources, take a moment to think about your own experiences with dental visiting.
Questions to ask yourself:
- How has visiting a dentist been for you in the past?
- What worries or concerns do you have about visiting a dentist?
- What usually stops you from visiting a dentist for check-ups?
You’re not the only one who’s felt this way
Here is what other patients said about how RETURN helped them see their dental visits differently.
“I don’t think I’d realised how I’d got to the stage where I almost wasn’t looking forward to going [to the dentist]. I’d always been quite happy to go the dentist as a child. I was seeing the same dentist I’d had from a child so going never bothered me, ever. And then after my recent experiences, now I just don’t want to go. So, it was quite… it was a bit of an eye opener actually”
- RETURN Patient
“It was just if I don’t get control of it then who will? But I think that was sort of the impression that I got from the [intervention] video too. You’ve got to push yourself to do it otherwise you're going to be in the same position six months down the line.”
- RETURN Patient
Next, select the barrier that you think is most relevant to you right now.
Once you select this, you will be taken to the RETURN resources where you can watch a video and read some short booklets about the barrier you select.
You might have more than one barrier, that’s completely normal. Come back and look at more if you need to.