Aston PA Dentists Offer Anxiety Free Dentistry

Many people are uncomfortable or afraid of going to the dentist. Sedation (Sleep) Dentistry offers pain-free and anxiety-free dental procedures for patients who fear dental procedures, fear needles, have difficulty with their gag reflex, have very sensitive teeth or have difficulty becoming numb from oral injections. It also provides an opportunity to perform multiple or lengthy dental procedures in a single session.

Sedation dentistry requires that the patient take a prescribed medication about one hour before the scheduled visit. The patient will arrive at the dentist in a deeply relaxed state, though fully responsive. Patients are not unconscious during the procedure, but rather, they are mentally "detached" from what is going on. The effect of the sedative usually lasts for about six hours and the patient will have to be driven to and from the dental appointment.

Other types of conscious sedation include inhalation and intravenous sedation. Inhalation sedation (nitrous oxide oxygen, otherwise known as laughing gas) is the most common sedation technique. Patients recover quickly and may leave the dental office unaccompanied and immediately resume their normal activities. Intravenous conscious sedation is also a safe sedation technique. Patients will not remember any of the procedure and will feel as though they were asleep, although they were wide-awake throughout. Intravenous sedation requires that the patient's blood pressure, breathing and heart rates are medically monitored throughout the procedure for full safety. Patients may only leave the office with an escort.