What Is Sedation Dentistry?
How Sedation Dentistry Works
Before recommending a sedation option, our Nepean dental care team reviews your medical history, gauges your anxiety level, and considers how long the procedure will take. Once that’s settled, sedation is administered right at the start of your appointment.
Benefits of Sedation During Dental Treatment
Anxiety goes down, the gag reflex is easier to manage, treatment runs more efficiently, and in many cases, several procedures can be completed in a single visit instead of multiple trips.
Who Is Sedation Dentistry Right For in Nepean?
Severe dental anxiety or phobia, strong gag reflex, sensitive teeth or gums, extensive treatment needs, or difficulty sitting still for procedures. If any of this sounds familiar, sedation dentistry in Nepean is likely worth considering.
Your specific situation gets discussed directly with our dentist, who will recommend the sedation level that makes sense before your appointment.
Types of Dental Sedation We Offer in Nepean
We offer three sedation dentistry options at our Nepean clinic, each matched to a different level of anxiety and treatment complexity.
Oral Sedation
IV Sedation
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
IV Sedation at Our Nepean Dental Clinic – Deep Relaxation, Expert Care
IV sedation stands as our clinic’s strongest sedation option. Once it’s administered, our trained team stays close throughout the appointment, monitoring you carefully while keeping you deeply relaxed. Most patients remember little to nothing of the procedure afterward. Years of avoiding the dentist out of fear? For a lot of patients, this is what finally breaks that cycle.
Safety protocols remain strict for every IV sedation appointment with our Nepean dentist, with vital signs monitored continuously from beginning to end. And because it’s often possible to complete multiple procedures in one sitting, the number of appointments you’ll need will be reduced.
Is Sedation Dentistry Safe in Nepean?
Yes, when our trained Nepean team administers it in accordance with proper protocols, sedation dentistry is safe for the vast majority of patients. We conduct a thorough review of health and medications before recommending any option.
IV sedation requires the most careful screening. Patients with certain conditions may not qualify. Our Nepean IV sedation dentist identifies this during consultation and recommends appropriate alternatives.
What to Expect at Your Sedation Dentistry Appointment in Nepean
For oral sedation, take your prescribed pill before arriving and arrange a driver to take you home. For nitrous oxide, effects begin within minutes of the mask going on. For IV sedation, arrive fasting as instructed with a companion to drive you home.
Recovery varies by type: nitrous oxide wears off quickly, oral sedation may leave you drowsy for several hours, and IV sedation requires the rest of the day. We provide complete written aftercare instructions to every sedation patient before they leave our clinic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Testimonials
I have dental anxiety that I've had since a child and a dentist who listens, is patient, kind, understanding and gentle, tops my list of dental needs.
Dr Kapur is all of those things and it was worth my drive over there to see him for a small tooth fix. He is also funny, quite personable which puts a patient at ease.
I am going to need a Crown soon and I'm sure I'll be seeing him again.
The office was clean and his office staff were kind. Everything seemed new and high tech.
Tip - park on top level of Bayshore garage and enter at RBC. The dental office is directly across from the bank at the entry/exit doors.
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