Rather than choosing to free themselves from the bondage of painful dental problems bring, many people find it more comforting to bear the pain. They choose suffering over treatment mainly because of fear of seeing a dentist especially in a dental clinic. The impression of how painful it can be to extract a tooth makes their resolve not to see a dentist stronger.
With the technological advancement today, there is really no need to deprive yourself of comfort and convenience and this goes a long way to the field of dentistry. Patients who have fear or developed a phobia of checking up with a dentist can undergo sedation or sleep dentistry. Depending on the dentist, it can be in the form of pills or intravenous fluids, the patient can go through any dental treatment without seeing the gory details or feeling of any dental procedure.
If you are one of these patients, you would greatly benefit from sleep dentistry.
1. Has sensitive teeth.
2. Has strong gag reflex.
3. Has fear of needles.
4. Dislikes the smells and noises during the treatment.
5. Has a physical or mental condition.
With sedation dentistry, any dental treatment a patient needs can easily be addressed with reduced anxiety. It actually benefits both the patient and the dentist. As the dentist performs the treatment without the patient being agitated or uncomfortable, the patient does not feel any fear going through the procedure very contrary if it were done in a conventional way. Also, the dentist can do multiple procedures with the patient the least amount of inconvenience.
With patients being put to sleep while on a dental treatment, the patient can feel less scared about the whole procedure and this is very useful for kids who are likely to develop phobia just seeing the tools and equipment used by dentists.
However, there are some important things to consider before giving sleep dentistry a go signal. Because most dental insurance providers don't cover this treatment, you might as well prepare your own money for the cost or better yet ask your insurance if they cover this before going through the treatment.
It is also important to consider that your medical history be known by your dentist before doing the procedure. This is to make sure there will be no side effects as you are sedated.
And lastly, you might want to tag along a person with you before and after a treatment as some sedatives can make a patient unfit to drive. Better be safe than sorry.
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