What is Sedation Dentistry?

Many people are scared of the dentist and avoid coming to a dental surgery until the very last minute. Prevention is better than cure in all aspects of medicine, so we need to tackle this problem. One answer is sedation dentistry.

Sedation

Sedation dentistry uses drugs to provide relaxation for the body and mind. These drugs work on the nervous system to relax and suppress the panic messages traveling to your brain, the result is a much more relaxed patient and a much less stressful experience.

Sedation doesn’t anesthetize you, it merely makes you feel sleepy and relaxed. This allows us to treat your dental issues in peace, while allowing you to benefit from our treatment without panicking or stressing out.

The Benefits of Sedation Dentistry

Sedation dentistry benefits both the dentist and patient. It benefits us because it makes you relaxed, allows us to perform our procedures with a much more cooperative patient, which can speed up the entire process.

Most importantly, sedation dentistry benefits you the patient because it takes the majority of the fear and anxiety out of the experience. It can also contribute to your overcoming the fear. It also helps by allowing you to face the experience before your oral health deteriorates too much.

Even if you’re not scared of the dentist, we can still use sedation to help with more painful procedures. Even the bravest of us might need a little help coping with gum surgery or root canal. Sedation dentistry can help with that.

Here at Aesthetic Family Dentistry, we use proven techniques to deliver the highest level of care with the minimum level of drugs, pain and anxiety. For sedation dentistry, we use an I.V. administered by an experienced, Board Certified Dental Anesthesiologist to help calm your nerves and let us work.

We also have available Nitrous Oxide sedation for those that may not want the effects of IV Sedation.

Sedation dentistry is just one way a holistic dentist can help with your oral and total wellbeing. By utilizing a sedative and alternative therapies such as massage or acupuncture, we can make your time with us a lot less stressful. If you have fears of the dentist, or even the dentist surgery, we are your best bet for overcoming it.