letsconnect, I would fall into that 80 - 85% who have had prior traumatic dental experiences, like every freakin' time I went to the dentist as a child. I've even escaped from the waiting room when no one was looking when I was a kid. Didn't work though cuz my mom would just get real mad at me and take me back the next day and they'd take me straight into the examining room so I couldn't do my escape routine again.