All About Sedation Dentistry – Methods and Benefits

Sedation dentistry is the name used for dental procedures performed on patients who are under sedation. The purpose of the procedure is to induce a state of relaxation in the patient and to reduce the pain and the fear that would be experienced by the patient without the administration of sedatives.

The method is nowadays widely used and the preferred choice of people who are aware of the importance of timely dental check-ups and treatment, but suffer from anxiety, dentist phobia or fear of needles and other sharp and pointed instruments used during dental care procedures. The sedative effects of the substances administered reduce not only pain and fear – many of the drugs used in sedation dentistry Highlands Ranch offices and others reduce or even completely erase the memory of the procedure as well as of the smells, sounds and sights that accompany dental procedures.

The method comes with benefits for the dentist as well – the doctor can do more work over a single appointment than he or she could on a patient who is not under sedation, therefore fewer appointments are necessary for completing lengthy or very complex interventions. The patient gets to determine the intensity of the sedation – mild sedation causes only a mild dizziness and a state of relaxation, moderate sedation blurs the memory of the procedure and complete anesthesia is also available.

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