When IV sedation is performed by a trained third party professional, IV sedation is extremely safe. Whether you are a patient who has put off going to the dentist because of anxiety, a parent of a child who need extensive dental work, but has a difficult time sitting through procedures, or a dental office looking to help their patients by offering safe sedation, having a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist on your side is the best solution.
The National Library of Medicine explains how IV sedation can help patients get the dental care they need and prioritize safety in, “Practice Guidelines for Intravenous Conscious Sedation in Dentistry.”
Intravenous sedation is a method of intravenously administering a sedative so that a patient can receive dental treatment safely and comfortably; it is a patient management method that reduces or eliminates fear and anxiety during treatment. This method is a specialized treatment that is used worldwide and responds to the need to prevent medical complications, underlying disease exacerbation, and stress during oral/dental surgical treatment under local anesthesia in patients with dental phobia or medical compromise.
Dental treatment is characterized by the fact that the surgical field and the airway are the same site; the use of a mouth prop narrows the airway, and water stored in the oral cavity easily flows into the pharynx/larynx due to the use of dental rotary and cutting equipment. Maintaining consciousness, swallowing and upper respiratory tract reflexes, and sufficient respiration during dental treatment is extremely important in preventing airway obstruction and aspiration. Conscious sedation is a procedure in which the level of sedation is regulated so that consciousness is maintained. Anxiety and fear of dental treatment and oral surgical procedures are frequently eliminated; calm is maintained, and the patient can respond to verbal command or light physical stimuli.
At Blue Sky Anesthesia Associates, we tailor your sedation plan to the individual’s needs because we believe managing your dental fear and anxiety is as important as the dental care you’re receiving.
Our expectations are high and yours should be too when choosing to have sedation for your dental procedure. You deserve to have individual attention and an experienced nurse anesthesiologist providing your sedation whose only concern is monitoring you.
