Dental Sedation

WEBVTT 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:08.667 Then oxidation could be done in different ways. 00:00:09.100 --> 00:00:10.267 However, in my practice, 00:00:10.333 --> 00:00:14.867 when we see that a patient is very fearful of dental treatment, 00:00:14.933 --> 00:00:18.433 we have a great group of dental anesthesiologists 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:20.433 that will actually come to our office 00:00:20.867 --> 00:00:25.263 and be able to discuss the different options to the patient, 00:00:25.433 --> 00:00:27.133 see which one fits the best, 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:31.454 and we can actually have the patient just be sedated here in the office, 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:33.333 perform the dental treatment. 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:36.400 It's a much more comfortable experience for the patient. 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:39.334 There's a continuum with sedation. 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.214 Sedation can start as simply as using something like nitrous oxide laughing gas 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.867 for children that require more simple procedures 00:00:47.933 --> 00:00:50.337 and have a limited amount of anxiety, 00:00:50.403 --> 00:00:52.533 the laughing gas is a great option. 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:56.300 After the dental treatment is done under sedation. 00:00:56.667 --> 00:01:00.094 The patients are still going to be a little bit on the sleepy side, 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:05.033 so it's better to actually have someone drive you to the dental appointment 00:01:05.467 --> 00:01:07.500 and drive you from the dental appointment. 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:10.767 Sedation dentistry just makes the dental experience 00:01:10.833 --> 00:01:13.014 for those that are anxious more comfortable. 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:16.633 They can tolerate more tricky parts of the procedure, 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:17.933 like the numbing 00:01:18.133 --> 00:01:22.233 or sounds that they might not like more easily with the sedative.