Sedation Options for Anxious Patients
At Surdel Dental Centre, we offer sedation services for patients who feel anxious about their next dental appointment.
If you feel nervous about visiting the dentist, we can help.
Many people feel nervous or anxious at the prospect of visiting a Surrey dentist. In fact, even those who visit the dentist on a regular basis very often feel at least a little anxious about it. It's very common!
Fear is one of the biggest reason people avoid dentists. But it doesn't have to be!
If you experience anxiety about visiting the dentist, talk to us. Surdel Dental offers safe, effective sedation options that will help you feel more at ease during your next dental appointment. With the relaxing effects of sedation at your disposal, you're more likely to get dental care when you need it – and achiee better oral health as a result!
Why Sedation For Dentistry?
We use sedatives in dentistry to help ease patients' anxiety before, during and after dental treatment.
We usually recommend sedation for patients who feel nervous about dental procedures, or who need complex treatment, have time constraints, or have a severe gag reflex.
Sedation Options at Surdel Dental Centre
Oral Sedation
Oral sedatives are administered in the form of liquid or pills. The benefit of these is that they can be taken the night before an appointment to help you sleep, and/or one hour before your appointment to reduce anxiety leading up to and during the procedure itself.
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous Oxide (which you may know as laughing gas), is an inhaled gas. Since each person is different, the gas levels can be adjusted to your needs throughout your appointment.
Is Dental Sedation for You?
We want you to feel comfortable and at ease during each appointment at Surdel Dental Centre, and reducing your anxiety about your dental treatment is an important part of that.
If you experience any of the following issues, please talk to our team about sedation for dentistry:
- Fear of needles
- Fear of pain
- Intense anxiety about dental treatment
- Difficulty achieving numbness with local anaesthetic
- Highly sensitive teeth
- Sensitivity to sensory stimulation (touch, smells, sights and sounds)
- Extensive dental treatment
- Complicated procedures
- Strong gag reflex
- Jaw issues - difficulty opening mouth