Oral Conscious Sedation Dentistry (OCS) provides you with the opportunity to be sedated, relaxed and to remember little, if anything of your procedure at our office. You will require someone to bring you to your appointment and to take you home after it. For any people that have an elevated level of anxiety about their dental care procedure, OCS provides an opportunity to complete most, if not all, of your dentistry within one single visit.
Why Oral Sedation Dentistry?
- Oral Sedation is a safe and successful way of alleviating the fear and anxiety commonly associated with visiting the dentist
- Dentists have utilized oral medicines for many years to mitigate fear and apprehension that their patients feel when attending dental appointments
- It is successful for the majority of patients, providing them with an opportunity to relax and to have little or no memory of their dental procedures (partial or total amnesia)
- Oral sedation is easy, take one pill one hour before your dental appointment
- A number of patients are relaxed enough to sleep straight through their dental appointment. When a person is relaxed they will feel less fatigued after a long dental appointment
- Patients are so relaxed and comfortable that much complex treatment can be achieved within a single appointment
- Individuals that have issues with getting numb are often helped by Oral Sedation Dentistry
- If you have a fear of needles, sedation dentistry can help you
- Patients with difficulty controlling movements, such as those with Parkinson’s Disease or Cerebral Palsy, are often aided by oral sedation
- A dentist can finish more dental treatment at a higher level of quality, in a shorter period of time, on a patient who is comfortable and relaxed
Read the sedation dentistry faq for more detailed information regarding how oral conscious sedation works.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation Dentistry
Nitrous Oxide is commonly referred to as laughing gas. It offers pain relief and sedation, and when combined with oxygen it can help patients to feel more comfortable during their dental care. A light tingling feeling is sometimes experienced by patients as well as a changed sense of the passage of time. Many patients will listen to soothing music during nitrous oxide sedation. Some patients enjoy the feeling and feel incredibly comfortable, while others require more tranquilizing. In general, patients that have suffered through traumatic dental or life experiences that have left a lifelong memory will feel more comfortable with something else to relax them more than nitrous oxide alone.
Why Inhalation Sedation Dentistry?
- Inhalation Sedation dentistry is another safe and very effective way to relieve any stress, fear and anxiety linked with a trip to the dentist
- Dentists have made use of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Inhalation Sedation for many years for the relieving of the fear and apprehension commonly associated with dental appointments
- It is successful for the majority of patients, providing them with an opportunity to relax and to have little or no memory of their dental procedures (partial or total amnesia)
- It’s an easy process. You will arrive at the dental office and a mask will be placed over your nose through which the Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen mixture is fed to you to breathe in. It is regulated very accurately by a specialist machine. The mixture can easily be adjusted to suit your every need
- A number of patients are relaxed enough to sleep straight through their dental appointment. When a person is relaxed they will feel less fatigued after a long dental appointment
- Patients are so relaxed and comfortable that many complicated treatments can be completed within a single appointment
- Individuals that struggle to get numb may benefit from Inhalation Sedation Dentistry due to the Analgesic effect of the Nitrous Oxide
- If you have a fear of needles, sedation dentistry can help you
- Patients with difficulty controlling movements, such as those with Parkinson’s Disease or Cerebral Palsy, are often aided by sedation dentistry
- A dentist can finish more dental treatment at a higher level of quality, in a shorter period of time, on a patient who is comfortable and relaxed.