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 According to recent studies, over 30% of Americans avoid the dentist due to fear. If you’ve been neglecting your own health because of these feelings, there is hope! Oral conscious sedation is a method of helping you get the dental care you need while erasing pain and anxiety. We combine the relaxing effects of an oral sedative with the extra soothing power of nitrous oxide to make your visit truly pleasant. Sedation dentistry provides the safe and comfortable experience that you’ve dreamed about.
Who will most benefit from Oral Conscious Sedation?
- Patients with anxiety. If you’re afraid of the dentist, dental tools or the handpiece (you may call it a ‘drill’), Sedation is a great stress reliever. And, since Sedation produces a retrograde amnesiac effect, our patients seldom remember much about the procedure itself. We’ve found over the years that huge percentage of our patients who come in for cleanings and check-ups put off routine work, often for years, because they are secretly anxious. However, once they were made aware that we offer Sedation, they felt relief and the confidence to take better care of their bodies.
- Patients with a severe or uncomfortable gag reflex. Some of our patients have avoided treatment for years due to embarrassment over this problem. Sedation eliminates it.
- Patients who “can’t get numb” in other dental settings. We understand if you’ve been unable to get numb in the past. Sedation dentistry is so profound that we’ve seen literally hundreds of cases finally get the result they want from our combination of medicines.
- Patients who suffer from acute or chronic jaw pain or soreness. Sometimes holding your mouth open even for a short period of time can be painful. Sedation allows you to let go of your physical pains and relax enough to get all your dental needs taken care of in one appointment – with little or no postoperative soreness.
- Patients with physical limitations, such as back or neck pain. Your body may not allow you (at this point) to comfortably rest in a reclining chair long enough to receive dental care. Sedation does relax patients who have chronic back and/or neck problems. Our patients can comfortably sit in the chair for lengthy procedures and Dr. Harper is pleased to report that these patients experience little or no post-operative back or neck soreness.
What are some of the common side effects of your sedation medications?
- Retrograde amnesia. Our patients have little or no recollection of the actual appointment or the treatment performed. Often, we get calls from patients who are amazed that they don’t remember a thing about their time in the office. Our administrators then ask, “Have you looked in the mirror yet?” The patient excitedly realizes that they have a new smile and they have no memory of the treatment being performed at all! This really excites them, as memories of dentistry are not something they enjoy.
- Less post-operative soreness. Patients will no longer routinely require postoperative pain medications. They often recover sooner, and are less sore than they would have been without Sedation. This is the collective experience of hundreds of cases.
- Dry mouth: During a sedation appointment the sedative will decrease salivary flow and allow Dr. Harper to perform treatment in a drier environment.
- Hiccups: A small percentage of patients (3%) will experience a period of hiccups lasting no longer than ten minutes. They are self-limiting.
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