Blue Sky Anesthesia Associates brings hospital level IV sedation to your New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, or Massachusetts dental office.
Comfortable Dental Treatments
IV dental sedation is a technique used to help patients to feel relaxed and comfortable during dental procedures. This type of sedation is used for patients who are fearful, anxious, difficulty sitting still for an extended period of time, and those who need lengthy or complex procedures.
Benefits of IV sedation
Feel more relaxed
IV sedation is described as a medically induced relaxation. So, if going to the dentist makes you nervous or anxious, IV sedation can make you feel relaxed and calm.
Reduced stress
We all know that stress can take a big toll on both your mind and body. IV sedation prevents and relieves you from this stress when it comes to dental care.
Procedures feels shorter
When under IV sedation time feels like it flies by. So as soon as the medication takes effect, it feels like the procedure is over. You don’t notice how much time passes
Less local anesthesia needed
While local anesthesia is still needed with IV sedation, you won’t need as much. First, because you are under sedation you won’t notice the anesthetic being given. Second, the anesthetic you are given will be more effective because you are in a relaxed state.
Make Safety a Priority
The American Society of Anesthesiologists suggests, the dentist should have a separate “a qualified individual”, to do the sedation and to monitor both the vital signs and heart rate, because it “reduces risk of adverse events,” said Dr. Jeffrey S. Plagenhoef, the society’s president.
The anesthesiologists’ society strongly recommends a qualified anesthesia provider for any dentistry using an IV. The fact is, instead of having the dentist do both the IV sedation and the procedure, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, CRNA, will make the procedure much safer, for children and adults.
Multiple Procedures
IV sedation makes it easy to catch up on years of missed dental appointments. Sitting in a dental chair for hours can easily be overwhelming, the fatigue and pain. With IV sedation, you won’t even realize how much time has gone by.
“The drugs used for IV sedation produce either partial or full memory loss (amnesia) for the period of time when the drug first kicks in until it wears off. As a result, time will appear to pass very quickly and you will not recall much of what happened. Many people remember nothing at all. So it may, indeed, appear as if you were “asleep” during the procedure,” Dental Fear Central.
