If you don’t like going to the dentist, have a low tolerance for pain, suffer from dental anxiety, have difficulty sitting still for long periods of time, or have extreme tooth sensitivity, then IV sedation may be for you.
Many patients who are afflicted with these challenges or have a dentist phobia, are choosing sedation dentistry for their oral health care needs. If you want to know more about how IV sedation can keep you relaxed and calm your nerves during your next dental appointment, then keep reading.
How IV Sedation Works
If you’ve been to the dentist or other work, you are probably familiar with local anesthesia. Typically, administered in a shot in the gum, numbing the area so you don’t feel the pain during the procedure.
For many people, this is not enough to calm the nerves and keep you relaxed. The shot of anesthesia alone can be enough to keep many people from going to the dentist. Or, it could be a choking sensation that makes you nervous or a sensitive gag reflex.
Anesthesia may prevent the signals of pain from reaching your brain, it doesn’t help with keeping you calm and relaxed.
Are you a good candidate for IV sedation dentistry?
Patients with a low tolerance for pain or have extreme tooth sensitivity
Patients who have trauma from previous dental treatments
Children who are unable to sit still for an extended period of time or going to the dentist makes them uncomfortable.
Adults and children who are uncomfortable having someone’s hands and dental tools in their mouths
Those with a sensitive gag reflex
Restless patients who find sitting extended period in the dental chair concerning. This is especially helpful for implants and more complicated procedures.
Overcoming your fear of the dentist is easier said than done. Which is why Blue Sky Solutions Anesthesia Associates brings hospital level IV sedation, with a specially Doctorate of Nursing Practice, to your dentist office. You won’t feel any pain or discomfort, all your anxiety disappears. Allowing the dentist to perform several procedures in one appointment, which means you won’t have to have multiple visits.
