Sedation dentistry, also known as sleep dentistry, uses medications formulated to induce a deep sense of relaxation or sedation among patients. Keep in mind that you may not be completely unconscious during the procedure - just mildly to moderately sedated and, hence, sleepy.

1. What Can Sedation
Dentistry Do For You?

2. Sedation dentistry, also known as
sleep dentistry, uses medications
formulated to induce a deep sense
of relaxation or sedation among
patients. Keep in mind that you
may not be completely
unconscious during the procedure
- just mildly to moderately sedated
and, hence, sleepy.

3. Keep in mind, too, that
advanced sedation dentistry is
a specialised branch of dentistry
so dentists must undergo
additional training before offering
the service to their patients.
Keep in mind, too, that
advanced sedation dentistry is
a specialised branch of dentistry
so dentists must undergo
additional training before offering
the service to their patients.

4. Overcoming Your
Fears
Seeking the professional
services of the best sedation
dentist in town is an excellent
course of action when your fears
prevent regular dental
appointments.

5. You may have a fear of needles (i.e.,
trypanophobia) so much so that even
the sight of a single needle turns your
knees into jelly, much more the
thought of your gums being pierced
with it.
You may have a fear of needles (i.e.,
trypanophobia) so much so that even
the sight of a single needle turns your
knees into jelly, much more the
thought of your gums being pierced
with it.

6. You may have a fear of instruments being placed inside
your mouth, or a fear of smells in clinics, or a fear of
men in white. Whatever your fear that prevents your
ability to make and meet dental appointments, sedation
dentistry can help in so many ways.

7. Overcoming your fears of
being in the dentist's chair
becomes easier with sedation
dentistry for many reasons.
You will be more relaxed, even
sedated, during the entire
procedure so much so that
your anxiety will not get the
better of you, so to speak.

8. You will have less anxiety about seeing
the needle and being injected with it as
well as having your teeth cleaned,
extracted, and aligned, among other
services provided in sedation dentistry.
You will have less anxiety about seeing
the needle and being injected with it as
well as having your teeth cleaned,
extracted, and aligned, among other
services provided in sedation dentistry.

9. Expanding Your Choices
With sedation dentistry, your choices in dental
procedures will increase - you are now more willing to
undergo procedures that you otherwise will not
consent to if not for the persuasive tactics of your
sedation dentist.

10. For example, you are now more
open to the idea of undergoing
tooth extraction because of the
great idea of being under
sedation while your sedation
dentist carries out the
procedure.

11. Think of it: Instead of spending several frustrating
hours convincing, dragging, and pinning down on the
dentist's chair an unwilling patient with special needs,
the sedation dentist can administer the sedative and,
within minutes, the patient will be relaxed and ready
for the procedure.

12. Of course, sedation dentistry is not suitable for all
individuals because of the risks involved. You must
discuss your suitability for it with a qualified sedation
dentist just to be on the safe side; if you are not
qualified for the procedure, you can discuss your other
options.

13. • In sedation dentistry itself, you have many
choices in the level of sedation for each
procedure, namely:
• Minimal sedation wherein you are awake (i.e., fully
conscious of your surroundings) but relaxed
• General anaesthesia wherein you are completely
unconscious

14. • Moderate sedation wherein you can still
speak albeit in a slurring manner but
you will not remember the procedure itself, probably
the most popular in sedation dentistry
• Deep sedation wherein you are on the edge of
wakeful consciousness but you can still be awakened

15. Indeed, sedation dentistry is an option that should
be considered even by relatively healthy individuals
in managing their dental health.

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