858.578.4677
8270 Mira Mesa Blvd, Suite D
San Diego, CA 92126
SEDATION DENTISTRY
Sedation and/or General Anesthesia offers you complete safety and comfort while providing the dentist with excellent working conditions. Together, dental work that typically requires multiple visits can often be completed in one easy appointment.
Patients who are candidates for sedation/anesthesia include:
- Patient or doctor preference
- Pre-cooperative and/or fearful children
- Special needs (physical and mentally disabled) patients
- Patients with high anxiety/low pain tolerance
- Patients who gag easily
- Patients with a history of local anesthetic failure
- Patients with extensive dental treatment plans
Dental sedation can range from conscious sedation to general anesthesia. Conscious sedation includes nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and/or taking a sedative pill prior to the dental appointment. It is usually administered by the dentist. With this form of sedation, you will be drowsy, but able to respond if we ask you any questions. Some patients do very well with this form of light sedation and do not remember most of the appointment at all.
Deep sedation and/or general anesthesia is administered by a board certified dentist-anesthesiologist who comes into our office. The safety record of in-office anesthesia administered by an independent dentist anesthesiologist is unsurpassed by any other system of anesthesia delivery.
With general anesthesia, you will be completely asleep and not remember the procedure at all. This form of anesthesia is reserved for extremely young children who do not understand how to cooperate, for those who prefer to be completely asleep, or for those who conscious sedation failed to properly sedate.
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