Highlight Links. Clear cookies. Images Greyscale. Invert Colors. Remove Animations. Remove styles. Accessibility by WAH. Call Us Text Us. If you or your kids need some support to relax during your dental treatment, conscious sedation or nitrous oxide is the best solution for you. Conscious sedation is a nitrous oxide inhalation approved by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry AAPD as a safe means to relax anxious young and adult patients in the dental setting.
You will be awake during the dental treatment but will be less likely to feel any pain and will be more relaxed than you used to. Inhalation sedation using nitrous oxide wears off fast, so it is the most recommended sedation for patients who are driving home and children with dental anxiety. It is a type of sedation done within the dental practice and without the presence of an anesthesiologist. Of all the levels of sedation available today, nitrous oxide inhalation is also the mildest form which will not likely make you sleepy, unlike other sedation techniques.
Extreme dental fear or anxiety may require deep sedation. A severe case of dental fear is usually treated with general anesthesia, done in a hospital, and supervised by an anesthesiologist. Dental fear is common in children and adults with bad dental experiences. The good thing is treatments like conscious sedation make it possible for patients to receive dental care despite their extreme dental anxieties. Your health care provider will monitor you during the procedure to make sure you are OK.
This provider will stay with you at all times during the procedure. You should not need help with your breathing. But you may receive extra oxygen through a mask or IV fluids through a catheter tube into a vein.
You may fall asleep, but you will wake up easily to respond to people in the room. You may be able to respond to verbal cues. After conscious sedation, you may feel drowsy and not remember much about your procedure.
Conscious sedation is safe and effective for people who need minor surgery or a procedure to diagnose a condition. Conscious sedation is usually safe. However, if you are given too much of the medicine, problems with your breathing may occur. A provider will be watching you during the whole procedure.
Providers always have special equipment to help you with your breathing, if needed. Only certain qualified health professionals can provide conscious sedation.
After conscious sedation, you will feel sleepy and may have a headache or feel sick to your stomach. During recovery, your finger will be clipped to a special device pulse oximeter to check the oxygen levels in your blood. Your blood pressure will be checked with an arm cuff about every 15 minutes.
Patients who receive conscious sedation are usually able to speak and respond to verbal cues throughout the procedure, communicating any discomfort they may experience to the provider. A brief period of amnesia may erase any memory of the procedures. Conscious sedation does not last long, but it may make you drowsy.
For your safety, a responsible adult must take you home. This person must be available when you are ready for discharge.
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