Children can benefit from sedation for a number of reasons

1. Avoid fear in children too young to realize the dentist is safe. For children too young to understand that the dentist is necessary, sedation can help minimize fear and discomfort.

2. Build lifelong good habits Children who have dental problems early in life often come away with a fear of the dentist and a dislike of anything oral health-related. This can lead to poor hygiene and an avoidance of the dentist later in life. Sedation can prevent these upsetting memories from forming.

3. Help children with severe dental needs get treatment comfortably. Few people find it easy to sit still at the dentists for extended periods, and children are no different. For kids who need a lot of work done, sedation can help them be more comfortable and hold still longer.

 

4. Fewer appointments make life easier for parents. It’s a challenge as a parent to schedule multiple appointments around work, school, childcare, and activities. Many parents intend to finish a treatment plan but are unable to make every appointment. Sedation condenses extensive treatment into one no-memory appointment that’s easy to plan for.

5. Shorter recovery time and easier management of discomfort. Dentists can do their best and most careful work on a sedated patient, which makes for a faster recovery time. Additionally, the lack of stress hormones and fear reduces inflammation and speeds recovery as well, and the patient sleeps through the worst of the post-op discomfort!

6. Reduced gag reflex. In many cases, patients who receive laughing gas or other types of sedation before their appointment experience a reduction in their gag reflex. This makes it easier for the dentist to get their work done in a timely manner, and it makes things more comfortable for the patient.

7. Receive multiple treatments. For patients who need to undergo multiple treatments (such as those who haven’t seen the dentist in a long time), sedation dentistry is very helpful. It allows the patient to remain comfortable while having extensive work done on their teeth and gums.

Who needs sedation dentistry?

1.      Phobia related to dental procedures

2.      Bad experience with dental work in the past

3.      Particularly sensitive oral nerves

4.      Small mouth that becomes sore during dental work

5.      Resistance to local anesthetic

6.      General anxiety disorder

Is sleep dentistry and general anaesthesia the same?

Sleep dentistry is very different to general anaesthesia. You’re conscious but very relaxed the whole time and you recover much faster. It’s also much safer than having a general anaesthetic

Procedures performed under conscious sedation

1.      Most routine dental work

2.      Deep cleaning, scaling, and root planting

3.      Filling and Root cleaning

4.      Crowns

5.      Extractions

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