Sedation Dentistry Summerfield
Helping Anxious Guests Relax
For people with any kind of dental phobia, even a routine examination can be nerve-wracking. Sedation can be used to help an anxious guest relax during their dental appointments; it’s also useful for those undergoing lengthier procedures that require them to sit still for a while. Anytime you schedule a visit to Magnolia Shores Dental, you can ask about the available options for sedation dentistry in Summerfield, NC, and which one Dr. Parry might suggest for you or your child.
Why Choose Magnolia Shores Dental for Sedation Dentistry?
- Dentist Graduated from the Prestigious KOIS Center
- Personalized Dental Care for Each Guest
- Extensive Education in Administering Oral Conscious Sedation
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
If you’re looking for a mild sedative, then you’re looking for nitrous oxide! This highly tested, safe, fast-acting, and effective option is ideal for patients of all ages. Plus, it can be used for countless procedures, from routine checkups to surgical treatments. If you’d like to learn more about this calming solution, you’re welcome to give us a call or schedule a consultation. Or, you can keep reading to learn more, including who is a good candidate.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Nitrous Oxide?
Candidacy for nitrous oxide will be discussed and determined at your consultation. To determine an answer, we need to consider important information like your allergies and medical history. With all of that said, this mild sedative is typically a fit for patients who have a strong gag reflex, struggle with dental sensitivity, have a fear of needles, or experience dental-related anxiety. If, for any reason, nitrous oxide isn’t an ideal solution, don’t worry – we will work with you to find one that gives you the positive treatment experience you deserve.
How Does Nitrous Oxide Work?
Nitrous oxide is a fast-acting sedative that is administered through a small mask. It will be carefully placed over your nose before your treatment, allowing you to breathe in the odorless mixture comfortably. After a few minutes, you’ll begin to feel the effects set in, resulting in you feeling relaxed and anxiety-free. Of course, you will still be awake and aware enough to follow directions and answer questions throughout the entire procedure. If at any point the nitrous needs to be adjusted, we can do so quickly.
Aftercare for Nitrous Oxide
Once we’ve completed your treatment, we will remove the mask. Shortly after, the effects will begin to wear off. In fact, many patients feel back to normal in a matter of minutes! As a result, you can return to your daily routine immediately once the procedure is done. Before you leave our office, we will make sure to answer any questions you have as well as provide you with any aftercare instructions necessary.
Oral Conscious Sedation
Like many people, you may have a moderate form of dental anxiety. That’s perfectly normal – it’s no reason to feel nervous or ashamed. Even so, you wouldn’t want it to prevent crucial dental care, right? Therefore, consider getting oral conscious sedation with your next treatment. This service quickly helps you achieve deeper relaxation than nitrous oxide. If you’d like to learn more about it, just keep reading or call our office today!
What is Oral Conscious Sedation?
To be specific, oral conscious sedation is one approach dentists use to treat dental anxiety. It’s stronger than milder methods and is suggested for adults with moderate nervousness, fear, or other treatment-related discomforts.
Unlike nitrous oxide or IV approaches, oral conscious sedation doesn’t involve masks or needles. Rather, it simply requires a dentist to prescribe their patient a pill. This medicine (usually Valium or Halcyon) is then taken just before the visit, resulting in a profound calm about fifteen minutes after ingestion.
How Does Oral Conscious Sedation Work?
With oral conscious sedation, things work pretty simply. The method is easy to both implement and manage.
As stated before, the dentist will have you take a pill before treatment. Soon after doing so, you should feel deeply relaxed and calm. You may, in fact, feel so at ease that you don’t remember the procedure after the medication wears off. Meanwhile, the dentist and their team will monitor your vitals to ensure there aren’t complications.
The sedation, furthermore, won’t put you to sleep. You’ll remain conscious enough to respond to Dr. Parry’s instructions. Still, you’ll be dizzy enough to need someone to drive you home after treatment. Without such assistance, operating heavy machinery could get you into an accident.
Are You a Good Candidate for Oral Conscious Sedation?
Ultimately, you don’t need much to be a good oral conscious sedation candidate. So long as you’re in decently good health, you should qualify.
On the other hand, some patients are likelier to benefit from it than others. In particular, oral conscious sedation is ideal for patients who:
- Regularly experience dental fear, anxiety, or nervousness
- Often cancel or reschedule visits out of nervousness about receiving bad news
- Suffer from an overly sensitive gag reflex
- Require multiple procedures or one longer treatment in a single dental visit
- Struggle to keep their mouth open or sit still during treatment
- Don’t react well to local anesthesia
- Have had poor dental experiences in the past
IV Dental Sedation
When you need multiple dental procedures to be performed in a single visit, or you struggle to calm yourself down before an appointment, Dr. Parry might recommend IV sedation. This method uses medication that enters your bloodstream intravenously via your hand or the bend of the elbow. You will quickly begin to feel tired yet comfortable; you may even begin to doze off. While you will not be fully sedated, you will unlikely remember anything from your appointment, and you will need someone to drive you home afterward.
Deep Sedation
With deep sedation, you will be 100% asleep and not recall anything about the procedure afterwards. Dr. Parry will bring in a dental anesthesiologist specialist to fully sedate you for the duration of the procedure. They will focus on keeping you safe and comfortable, and Dr. Parry will focus on the dentistry - making it very efficient and very easy. You will need to have someone drive you home afterward.
