Greater Comfort
Sedation helps you stay calm and at ease, creating a peaceful experience so anxiety and discomfort are significantly reduced throughout your visit.
Sedation Dentist Greenwood Village
Where Patients Can Experience Anxiety-Free Dentistry
Anxiety affects millions of people each day. When it comes to visiting the dentist’s office, it can cause patients to avoid necessary treatment. Our skilled surgeons and nurses at our office want to change this by providing a first class sedation experience for you at Landmark Dental Studio. Apart from our commitment to building a practice that is patient-centered and welcoming to all, we strive to make every experience a positive and comfortable one. If you suffer from dental anxiety and need help to overcome your concerns, call our office today.
The Benefits of Sedation Dentistry
Greater Comfort
More Efficient Care
When you’re relaxed, it’s easier for your dentist to work smoothly and without interruption. This often means your treatment can be completed faster and with fewer challenges.
Better Oral Health
Patients who typically avoid the dentist due to fear can finally receive the care they need. With sedation, routine and restorative treatments become accessible, supporting long-term oral health and overall well-being.
Oral Conscious Sedation
Oral conscious sedation involves taking a prescribed medication suggested by our team. On the day of your visit, you will take it before your appointment, resulting in a more relaxed state when you arrive. It’s necessary to have someone drive you to and from your appointment, as the effects take time to wear off. Throughout your treatment, you won’t feel any pain or anxiety, as your senses will be dulled because of the medication.
Who Can Sedation Dentistry Help
Dental Phobia
If visits to the dentist cause fear, stress, or anxiety, sedation can help you feel calm and in control throughout your appointment.
Low Pain Tolerance
For patients who are especially sensitive to dental procedures, sedation helps take the edge off, reducing discomfort and making treatment feel much easier.
Strong Gag Reflex
If your gag reflex makes dental work challenging, sedation can help relax your body’s response so procedures are far more comfortable.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
Nitrous oxide is viewed as the mildest form of sedation and is commonly referred to as “laughing gas.” Its effects produce a calming and comfortable experience; however, it does not result in full sedation. Should you need nitrous oxide, you’ll be instructed to wear a nasal mask and inhale the gas to feel more at ease while in the treatment chair. When finished, we will remove the mask, and the effects will immediately begin to wear off, allowing you to resume normal activity following your appointment.
IV Dental Sedation
IV sedation is the most powerful relaxation technique available in our Greenwood Village office. We administer medication directly into your bloodstream, where it can quickly take effect and help you to have an easy, stress-free appointment. We often reserve this provision for patients who have moderate to severe anxiety or who need particularly lengthy or invasive procedures. Because its effects can linger for several hours, you will need to make plans to take it easy for a day or so after your appointment.
What Is IV Dental Sedation?
To administer IV dental sedation, we place a small needle in your hand or arm. Through it, we administer a carefully calculated dose of sedative. Midazolam and Diazepam are often used for IV sedation, but other medications can also be used.
You should start to feel the effects of the sedation within minutes. Although this method is sometimes called “sleep dentistry,” it does not actually cause unconsciousness. Although you will feel extremely relaxed, you will remain able to respond to questions and directions from our team.
We will carefully monitor you throughout your appointment to make adjustments to your sedative dose and make sure you are safe.
Who Is a Good Candidate for IV Dental Sedation?
IV sedation might be a good fit for you if:
- You struggle with moderate to severe anxiety surrounding dental procedures.
- Other forms of sedation have proven to be inadequate for you.
- You require a lengthy or invasive procedure.
- You are not easily numbed by local anesthesia.
- You have a medical condition that makes it difficult for you to sit still for extended periods.
Our team will also take your medical history to screen you for contraindications for sedation. For example, you may not be a good candidate if you are pregnant or have certain allergies or respiratory conditions.
The Benefits of IV Dental Sedation
IV sedation offers some impressive benefits:
- Powerful relaxation: Many patients are surprised by how easy their appointments are with the help of sedation. You may not even remember your procedure after it is over!
- Adjustable: We can adjust your level of sedation to help you stay relaxed even if your procedure lasts longer than originally planned.
- More efficient care: IV sedation enables our team to work very efficiently, which can lead to you spending less time in our office.
- Low-risk: Our team sticks to strict safety standards. Severe adverse reactions to IV sedation are quite rare.