Our desire is to help you relax and enjoy your trip to the dentist in Benton Harbor, MI. If you or your family members have felt anxiety during dental visits, we welcome the opportunity to provide you a carefree experience. Using the latest advancements in dental care, Sedation Dentistry allows you to rest with minimal anxiety while we perform your dentistry.
Benton Harbor, MI Advantages of Oral Sedation:
Easy to administer: Swallow a small pill
It is safe and easy to monitor
Works well for most people
Low cost
Sedation dentistry is closely regulated by law, and there are three sedative states at which your dentist can administer your treatment: mild sedation, moderate sedation, and deep sedation.
Mild Sedation — Anxiolysis is the lightest form of sedation dentistry and is often used for patients with mild anxiety, longer procedures, or more complex situations. Mild sedation is usually administered orally. You remain awake or very sleepy throughout the entire procedure and are able to breathe on your own, but you will feel a great sense of relaxation. Patients typically recover from anxiolysis sedation within a few hours after the procedure is complete. Nitrous oxide inhalation (laughing gas) is another form of mild to moderate sedation that results in relaxation during treatment.
Moderate Sedation — Used for patients with moderate dental anxiety and for patients who need longer or more complex procedures, conscious sedation often refers to the use of light IV sedation. With conscious sedation, you will remain awake throughout your procedure, but will be in a deep state of relaxation. It is recommended that patients who receive conscious sedation have a parent, spouse, or friend accompany them to appointments because it can take several hours for the sedative to wear off and driving may be unsafe.
Deep Sedation — Patients receiving deep sedation go between consciousness and unconsciousness during their dental procedure. Patients often have no recollection of the treatment and are unable to respond to commands even if they are awake at times during the procedure. It is recommended that patients who receive deep sedation have a parent, spouse, or friend accompany them to appointments because it can take several hours for the sedative to wear off and driving may be unsafe.
49022 Disadvantages of Oral Sedation:
The level of sedation is not easily changed
Someone must drive you to and from your dental appointment
There is no analgesic (pain relief effect)
Sedation can be useful in Benton Harbor, MI if:
You don’t want to be aware of what’s happening during a procedure and you want to be “out of it”. In this case, IV sedation is the method of choice.
You want a little help to relax – “laughing gas” can give you a pleasant relaxed feeling
you have a “gut feeling” that sedation would help you and allow you to get work done which otherwise you wouldn’t be able to tolerate
Your fear is procedure-specific (e. g. needles, extractions), especially if you know that the fear would still exist in the presence of an empathetic dentist and adequate pain-control
You perceive your fears to be completely irrational and not helped by either an empathetic dentist or psychological techniques
You have other mental health problems and you feel you’d benefit from sedation
Your primary aim is “to get your teeth fixed” as quickly as possible, for example because you’re very busy or you’ve got an important social event coming up
It’s an invasive or unpleasant procedure such as more complex extractions
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