Taking your child to the dentist can be overwhelming, it’s natural to feel nervous and anxious about how they will react to sitting in the dental chair. It isn’t always easy for them to sit still while someone is poking and prodding with sharp instruments inside your mouth.
Why put your child through all the pain, fear, and anxiety to undergo necessary dental procedures. IV sedation has become very popular for this reason.
How Children Can Benefit From IV Sedation Dentistry
Afraid Of The Dentist’s Chair
It can be the sights, sounds, smells, and equipment, that makes sitting in the dental chair scary. It is important that your child has a positive experience at the dentist, to ensure a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums. If your child is anxious about having the shots or their teeth drilled, that makes them feel uneasy.. IV sedation allows them to relax in the dental chair, without the pain or anxiety.
Restlessness In The Dental Chair
Children are prone to getting agitated and fussy during their dental appointment. Especially, if they need have a lengthy procedure. IV sedation makes it seem like their appointment flies by. This ensures a safer treatment, the dentist won’t have to worry about your child moving about during the procedure.
Memories Of A Previous Bad Experience
It can be very difficult to overcome a negative or painful dental experience. IV sedation offers a safe and overall feeling of calmness throughout the procedure. Not only will this enhance the quality of treatment and in less time, your child will have little if any, memory of the appointment.
Ensure A Safe Experience
If you are considering IV sedation for your child, it is important to vet the person doing the sedation. When it comes to your child you can never be too safe. Which is why it is important to have a specially trained and certified nurse anesthetist bring hospital-level sedation to your dentist’s office.
A nurse anesthetist will have proper training, experience monitoring all the vital signs, fully up-to-date on all related safety protocols and established emergency procedures, this will allow the dentist to focus all his/her attention on your child
“IV sedation, also known as conscious sedation, is a sort of middle ground and it doesn’t fully put you to sleep. It does make you less aware of what is going on around you during your procedure or treatment,” Colgate.
At Blue Sky Anesthesia Associates, we do everything to make your child’s visit to the dentist a positive experience. Our experience is geared toward the unique emotional and physical needs of the patient.
