Oral sedation, often paired with nitrous oxide, involves taking a prescribed sedative pill an hour before your dental appointment for relaxation. While most patients stay conscious, the sedation induces a profound sense of calm, and some may even doze off during the procedure.
The effects can last up to 24 hours, necessitating someone to drive you home, and patients often have limited recollection of the treatment once completed.
Widely known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide is a safe and commonly used form of sedation dentistry, even for children. It suppresses the gag reflex and improves the efficacy of local dental anesthesia, ensuring better responsiveness to numbing injections.
While you remain awake but deeply relaxed throughout the procedure, the effects of nitrous oxide wear off quickly after removing the mask. This allows you to drive yourself home and resume your regular activities shortly after undergoing treatment with nitrous oxide.
Administered intravenously, this sedation dentistry induces a deep and profound relaxation. While it doesn’t wholly render patients unconscious, many feel so relaxed that they may even nap in the dental chair. With amnesic effects, individuals who undergo IV sedation may forget portions or the entirety of their dental treatment.
IV sedation dentistry provides precise control over the level of anesthesia, allowing adjustments for different phases of your treatment if necessary. Like oral sedation, having a designated driver to take you home is a requirement after receiving IV sedation.
At Lifetime Dental & Implant Center, we understand that fear and anxiety should not hinder necessary dental care. Neglecting or postponing dental treatment due to phobia or stress can lead to serious health risks, including accelerated bone loss, teeth loss, soft tissue degeneration, and an increased risk of conditions like heart attack, stroke, and diabetes.
Our team is dedicated to providing advanced sedation dentistry options that eliminate fear and anxiety, ensuring that dental procedures, including complex implant restorations, are as safe, effective, and pain-free as possible.
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