Sleep During Your Visit
Many people live in terror of the dentist’s office and avoid necessary dental work even to the point of living with painful toothaches. Sedation dentistry, also known as sedative dentistry, is a great way to relieve this dental anxiety and provide fearful patients with the oral care that they need. At Culebra North Dental Care, our trained sedation dentists are proud to offer sedative dental care to the San Antonio area.
The Sedation Process
There are three common ways to administer sedation:
- Oral Sedation is by far the most common form of dental sedation. Pills may be taken the night before to ease anxiety and then again a few hours before the appointment.
- Inhaled Sedation is nitrous oxide (laughing gas) that you breathe in through a mask placed over your nose.
- IV sedation pumps the sedative drug through a vein, meaning that the medication takes effect almost instantaneously.
Benefits of Sedative Dentistry
Sedation dentistry is an easy way to calm the fears of many dental patients. While sedation dentistry is not “sleep dentistry,” many sedation patients feel as though they’ve slept through entire appointments. Dental procedures that last for multiple hours may feel like they’re over in only a couple minutes. By alleviating the fear of pain and discomfort associated with dental work, sedation dentistry allows millions of Americans to receive the dental care they deserve.
If you’re looking for a San Antonio sedation dentist and would like to schedule a sedation dentistry appointment, contact Culebra North Dental Care today.
