Dental Phobia Proves Fatal for Young Girl

March 30th, 2008 Julie Frey Posted in Dental News |

Dental Anxiety Leads to Death of 8-Year-Old Girl

Reports have surfaced that an 8-year-old girl in England died after developing a dental phobia so severe that she refused to eat.

Sophie Waller’s dental anxiety was so intense that doctors wanted to minimize the number of appointments she needed. So, in 2005, they decided to remove her baby teeth in one hospital surgery.

Unfortunately, following the surgery, young Sophie refused to even open her mouth to eat. She was fed through a tube and ate nothing but some watermelon. A month after her surgery, she died in her sleep.

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