Sedation Dentistry: An Overview
If you haven’t gone to the dentist in years, you are not alone. Research finds that nearly 10% of our population is terrified of going to a dentist, primarily because of the fear of pain. The same research found that anxiety and phobias associated with going to the dentist vastly increase the chance of tooth decay and toothache. Most laypersons are unaware that going to the dentist is no longer the horror story of our childhoods. Thanks to sedation dentistry, dental care—from tooth extraction to whitening—can be administered under painless sedation. Here is all you need to know about dental sedation: What is Dental Sedation? The horror associated with being on the dentist’s chair, surrounded by scary-look dental apparatus is common to nearly anyone who has ever visited the dentist. However, with dental sedation, you can actually relax and calm down during most dental procedures. Dentists administer sedatives (often orally or through nitrous oxide) and local anesthesia as you get operated. Under sedation, you will experience no pain and have little to no memory of the procedure afterward. This makes dental sedation especially ideal for people who have dental anxiety or a phobia. How Will Sedation Be […]
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