St. Luke’s patient overcomes lifelong dental fear with full-arch dental implants

A Lehigh Valley woman who spent years avoiding dental care because of childhood trauma says full-arch dental implants at St. Luke’s Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery transformed both her smile and her confidence.

Izabela “Izzy” Fisher, 50, of Allentown, said painful and traumatic experiences with dentists while growing up in Poland left her with a deep fear of dental treatment that persisted into adulthood.

“Even at my wedding, I didn’t want to smile,” Fisher recalled. “I had suffered a psychological trauma from my early experience at the dentist.”…

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