Dr. Paul Erben is able to provide sedation dentistry.
Oral conscious sedation offers significant benefits for dental patients by helping to reduce anxiety and make procedures more comfortable. It allows patients to feel more relaxed and at ease during their appointment, which can be particularly valuable for those who are anxious about visiting the dentist. Oral conscious sedation is excellent for patients who elect to treat several teeth in the same appointment. Oral conscious sedation can help patients feel calm and relaxed allowing for a lot of dental work to be done in a short amount of time.
- Reduces Anxiety: Helps to alleviate patient anxiety and make dental procedures more comfortable.
- Promotes Relaxation: Allows patients to feel more at ease, especially valuable for those anxious about dental visits.
- Ideal for Multiple Treatments: Particularly useful for patients undergoing treatment on several teeth in one appointment.
- Efficient Procedure: Enables patients to remain calm and relaxed, allowing for extensive dental work to be completed in a shorter time.
We’ll give you a prescription for a sedative to take the night before your first appointment to guarantee a good night’s sleep and to make sure you wake up relaxed. Oral sedation is a popular treatment option for many people because it does not require the use of additional needles. Medications can be swallowed whole and/or crushed and administered by your dentist sublingually (under the tongue). Medications given sublingually are absorbed into the bloodstream quicker, so it is a preferred option by many dentists. Both methods are safe and effective.
Your companion will bring you to the office. Additional medications may be provided to ensure your comfort. Your experienced sedation team will monitor you throughout your entire visit. Appropriately trained dentists can perform a variety of protocols customized to your particular physiological and pharmacological needs. The medications are safe and have been used for decades. In fact, you’ve probably seen or heard some of their names before. Several have amnesic properties, meaning that you remember little to nothing of your time in the dental chair. While these methods and medications cannot make fear magically disappear, they can give you the confidence and peace-of-mind to experience dental procedures in a whole new way. Hours pass like mere minutes and more dentistry can be performed in a single visit because the dentist is able to work more efficiently.
In addition to providing your sedation dentist with a complete health history, you will need to choose a companion to drive you to and from your sedation appointment. You should not eat or drink six hours prior to your appointment unless otherwise directed by your dentist. Your health history can effect your before and after care plans, especially for diabetics and smokers, so make sure your dentist knows about any medical conditions your may have. The remainder of the day should be taken off for you to recover. Be sure to stay hydrated and drink lots of fluids. You should not drive, operate heavy machinery or make important decisions for 24 hours.