Acute instances of dental fear elicit intense psychological and physical reactions such as anxiety, sweating, heart palpitations, dizziness, nausea, and even dissociation. The team compared the accounts of trauma to documentation of dental fear, and saw a marked connection between the two issues. According to Myran, dental fear is easily understandable from a psychological perspective. “We know that dental fear is more common among girls and that more girls than boys have experienced sexual abuse. Since the authors only examined possible connections between childhood trauma and dental fear, it doesn’t take other possible influences into account.