Sedation Dentistry

Nitrous oxide is one of the safest anesthetics available. It is a sweet-smelling, colorless gas. Most people can have nitrous oxide treatment. It is applied through a mask that fits snugly over the nose approximately five minutes before the dental procedure. We can vary the depth of sedation depending on your level of anxiety.

This sedation dentistry method is safe and well-established. It provides a comforting effect, and the patient will remain awake, in control, and able to communicate. The gas tends to lessen anxiety, increase a patient’s pain threshold, and reduce saliva flow and an overactive gag reflex that can be brought on by stress.

Nitrous oxide’s sedation effect is felt within minutes, and the effect wears off within minutes after the gas is stopped.

IV sedation is delivered by injection. Once it takes effect, the patient feels a deep state of relaxation. A patient who receives IV sedation will not feel any discomfort during the procedure;, in most cases, patients who undergo IV sedation remember nothing about the procedure. However, you will not lose total consciousness with nitrous oxide sedation. Instead, you will remain awake throughout your procedure and able to communicate with your oral health care team.

Dental Implant Studio offers sedation dentistry to comfort those who suffer from dental phobia. This condition occurs when people feel high anxiety, fear, or even outright terror over going to the dentist. Millions of people in the United States—possibly as many as 30 to 40 million individuals, are afflicted with dental phobia, and you could be one of them. Ironically, many of these people are in the greatest need of professional oral health care because they have neglected their teeth and avoided the dentist due to anxiety or fear.