Oral conscious sedation
Sedation dentistry helps anxiety patients to undergo dental treatment in a more relaxed, antistress and anxiety-free environment. It is a way to help patients overcome common dental phobias. Many people avoid going to the dentist because of this phobia. Sedation is a procedure that makes use of sedative medications to produce a relaxed experience for the patient, enabling the dentist to perform dental procedures. Sedation dentistry is different from general anaesthesia as the patients do not sleep, although they may feel sleepy.
Even if you have no dental phobias, you can still benefit from sedation when you have to undergo a procedure that can be extremely painful and long-lasting. Sedation dentistry has several benefits, both for dentists and patients. For patients, it can mean freedom from anxiety or fear during dental procedures. For dentists, sedation dentistry facilitates the performance of dental procedures. Patients are likely to be more cooperative under the relaxing effects of sedation. Treatments can also be quicker, because a number of procedures can be performed in a single session.
Do not hesitate to ask as many questions as you want, and make sure you have all the necessary information about conscious sedation. If you have any kind of dental phobia, oral conscious sedation could be a solution for your problem, help you make a dental makeover and create a new, brilliant smile.
Oral conscious sedation is specially recommended for patients who have:
- anxiety and fear about undergoing treatment
- an extreme fear of needles
- a history of abuse
- problems with a local anaesthesia due to unusually located nerves
- painful or extremely sensitive teeth
- severe gag reflexes and find it hard to tolerate treatments in the mouth
- Parkinson's disease or cerebral palsy
