We provide sedation dentistry to our patients to help them relax during their dental procedure. The primary goal is to alleviate your anxiety and provide you with the most relaxing dental experience available. Our increased levels of sedation, in addition to reducing anxiety, also affect your memory, so even though you are conscious, you will have little or no memory of your dental appointment.
Sedation dentistry has several advantages, including:
Patients who have had sedation dentistry will explain you that it is a simplistic and relaxing way to experience dentistry.
Sedation dentistry is strictly regulated by law, and your dentist can administer your treatment in one of three sedative states: mild sedation, moderate sedation, or deep sedation.
Mild sedation: Anxiolysis is the simplest form of sedation dentistry and is frequently used for patients with mild anxiety, longer procedures, or more difficult situations. Mild sedation is usually given orally. Throughout the procedure, you are awake or very sleepy and can take a breath on your own, but you will feel a great state of calm. Patients usually recover from anxiolysis sedation within a few hours of the procedure being finished. Another type of mild to moderate sedation that results in relaxation during treatment is nitrous oxide inhalation (laughing gas).
Moderate Sedation: Used mostly for patients who have medium dental anxiety or who require longer or more invasive procedures, conscious sedation frequently refers to the use of light IV sedation. You will be awake throughout your procedure with conscious sedation, but in a deep state of relaxation. Patients who receive conscious sedation should be accompanied to appointments by a parent, spouse, or friend because the sedative can take several hours to wear off and driving may be dangerous.
Deep Sedation: During a dental procedure, patients who receive deep sedation alternate between consciousness and unconsciousness. Even if they are awake at times during the procedure, patients frequently have no retrieval of the treatment and are unable to respond to commands. Patients who receive deep sedation should be accompanied to appointments by a family member or friend because the sedative can take many years to wear off and driving may be dangerous.