Many people suffering from dental conditions also suffer from dental phobia or anxiety, due to which they become unable to receive the required treatment for their dental condition.
People who suffer from dental phobia often deny care and treatment for their dental conditions, sometimes even for years. In some cases the individual who is too fearful of dental treatments might be suffering from conditions like bleeding from gums, tooth ache and tooth loss
At Liverpool Dental Spa, patients who are anxious of dental treatments are offered sedation. This allows them to be at ease during the treatment. Since the patient is sedated before the treatment begins, they do not feel pain or anxiety during the procedures.
How sedation works
The sedation will be administered through the vein at the back of the hand or arm. After this the patient will feel fully content. The patient will able to breathe and communicate with the dentist under the effect of sedation, but will not feel the pain. It is highly advisable to have a relative or friend accompany the patient to help them get back home while the effect of the sedation wears off.
All over the UK, sedation is being used as an alternative to anaesthesia. Under anaesthesia the patient becomes unconscious, while under sedation even though the patient does not feel any pain or anxiety, they still remain conscious. Patients suffering from dental conditions no longer need to keep suffering due to the fear of pain or discomfort.
Patients suffering from conditions that make it difficult for them to control the movement of their body, for example Parkinson’s disease will also benefit from sedation dentistry. It also allows the dentist to fully control the treatment, as the patients are not anxious and are more likely to cooperate with dentist. This certainly speeds up the treatment procedure and could even result in reduced number of appointments with dentist for a specific treatment.
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