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What is Sedation Dentistry?

Sedation dentistry is the answer both patient and practitioner have been looking for to bring together what dentistry can provide for patients concerned abut visiting the dentist to receive needed treatment. Studies show that 30% of the population avoids the dentist due to fear. Dental sedation provides a safe and comfortable experience for them to get the care they need and want. Sedation dentistry treatment can be customized to the patient’s anxiety level and medical history allowing them an incredibly comfortable, relaxing and safe experience. 

What Patients are Appropriate for Sedation Dentistry?

Patients with anxiety. With conscious oral sedation, the patient will seldom remember much about the procedure. Their anxiety often falls to a very low level and can actually become a relaxed dental patient.

Patients who have put off needed treatment, or who abandoned treatment plans

Patients who suffer from acute or chronic jaw soreness. These patients can comfortably be treated for several hours. The sedation medication has a muscle relaxation property. By using dental sedation in combination with frequent resting time, even these patients can have extensive treatment completed in one visit comfortably and they experience little to no jaw soreness post-operatively.

Patients who have a gag reflex. Many patients may have avoided the dentist for years due to embarrassment, but with sedation dentistry they can have their perio, restorative and cosmetic dentistry work done, sometimes in the same appointment.

Patients with physical limitations such as back or neck problems. Dental sedation helps to relax patients who may have chronic back or neck problems. These patients can comfortably sit in the chair for lengthy procedures and usually experience little or no post-operative back or neck soreness.

How Safe is Dental Sedation?

There has never been a documented report of an adult death due to the use of the conscious oral sedation using DOCS protocols. DOCS members alone have completed an estimated 1,000,000 successful dental sedation procedures over the past six years. One reason for our outstanding record is that we monitor patients’ vital signs using a pulse oximeter/blood pressure monitor. This monitor will measure blood pressure every five minutes and continuously measure pulse rate and blood oxygen before, during and after a sedation procedure.

Side Effects?

After sedation dentistry, you may not remember much of the appointment and will likely experience less soreness following treatment. Dry mouth and hiccups are also common side effects with dental sedation.

Testimonials

If you feel sedation dentistry would benefit you, please call our Lafayette sedation dentistry office today by calling 303-665-5335 or send the simple form on the right, and we will be glad to contact you.

Serving Boulder, Lafayette, Louisville, Broomfield, Brighton, Longmont, Erie. Denver and
Boulder County Colorado with Sedation Dentistry