Anxiety-Free Dental Care with Sedation in Frenchs Forest

Becoming anxious about visiting the dentist is common, and it can significantly impact a patient’s willingness to receive care. The team at Northern Beaches Dental Practice in Frenchs Forest takes the stress out of your dental appointments by providing a safe, comfortable environment. Continue reading for a look at the types of sedation we offer, their level of safety and the services we provide where we use sedation. Contact us online today.

Types of Dental Sedation

Here’s a look at the sedation we use to ensure you receive comfortable dental treatments.

Oral Sedation for Pain-Free Dentistry

We provide sedation in the form of a pill or liquid, which you can consume within twenty-four hours of your visit. This is a very safe option, which you can take either at our clinic or a location of your choice, depending on how high your anxiety is. An oral sedative is popular because it gives you the ability to take it whenever you want by yourself. It will also help you lower your anxiety by bringing on a gentle calm, which may even lead to feeling sleepy.

Nitrous Oxide for Anxiety-Free Dental Care

You may have heard your dentist refer to nitrous oxide as laughing gas. We mix this sedative with oxygen and administer it to you at our clinic through a mask. While it won’t render you unconscious, it will dull your senses and help make you feel calmer. You’ll still be able to respond to your dentist while they perform the procedure, but you won’t feel any pain. This oral sedation will wear off almost immediately after you remove the mask, with little to no lingering effects.

IV Sedation

The most powerful dental sedation comes in the form of an IV drip, which we administer into your arm via a tiny needle at our clinic. We save this form of sedative for our patients who suffer the most severe anxiety or who undergo lengthy or complex procedures or surgeries, so they can enjoy pain-free dentistry.

When We Use Sedatives for Comfortable Dental Treatments

We understand just how uncomfortable you may feel about visiting the dentist. Our clinic provides sedatives to help calm you before many typical procedures to provide anxiety-free dental care. It is common to administer sedatives to very young children, people suffering from severe anxiety or patients undergoing surgeries.

Dental sedation offers a perfectly safe option for reducing anxiety and removing discomfort from any dental procedures you require. The team at Northern Beaches Dental Practice in Frenchs Forest offers experienced, compassionate and friendly dental surgeons and nurses in a welcoming, family-friendly environment to make your visit stress-free. Call us on 9190 6922, or contact us online to book an appointment today.