Why Springfield Patients and Dentists Rely on Dedicated Anesthesia Expertise Dental fear is not a character flaw — it is one of the most common barriers to care in the United States. Surveys consistently suggest that a large share of adults feel some degree of anxiety about sitting in a dental chair, and a meaningful minority delay treatment for years because of it. In a regional hub like Springfield, where oral surgery, implant dentistry, and pediatric dentistry are in steady demand across the Ozarks, that anxiety carries a real cost: postponed care, advancing infection, and treatment plans that grow more complex and more expensive with every passing year. That is…