Oral Sedation Dentistry In Atlanta, Georgia
Oral sedation dentistry is often called “sleep dentistry” and “conscious sedation dentistry,” which seems contradictory, but both terms are correct.
With oral sedation dentistry, you take a pill prior to your dental treatment, and although you’re conscious, breathing on your own, and able to communicate, you also might feel afterward as if you slept through the appointment. Time passes quickly, making an hour seem like a minute, and when your dental visit’s completed, you might not have any memory of it. This relatively new type of sedation dentistry has become more and more popular over the years because it offers patients a medium ground between the mild sedation of nitrous oxide and the heavy sedation of IV sedation.
During a dental procedure that involves oral sedation, your sedation dentist will be monitoring pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen levels.
Oral sedation dentistry could be the answer you’ve been searching for if you:
-have a severe gag reflex
-are anxious about visiting a dentist
-can’t get numb easily
-want to get complex treatment completed in just one visit
-have an aversion to needles
-have sensitive teeth or gums
With oral sedation dentistry, someone will have to drive you home from your dental visit and keep an eye on you for two to four hours afterward, because of the sedative effects of the pill.
Whether you live or work in the communities of Atlanta, Alpharetta, Buckhead, Dunwoody, Gainesville, Marietta, Decatur, Lawrenceville, Sandy Springs, Suwanee, Duluth, or Roswell, there’s a sedation dental office near you.
