Sedation Dentistry – Overview
January 6, 2010 by Marc Gamble
Filed under Sedation
Overview
The personal care Dr. Larson provides in his state-of-the-art dental practice extends to his conscious sedation procedures as well. Patients visiting his cosmetic, general, and reconstructive dental practice in Campbell, California benefit from Dr. Larson’s experience with the techniques associated with sedation technology.
Employed in medical procedures for approximately forty years, sedation has gradually emerged in dentistry to provide greater comfort and reduce a patient’s anxiety during dental procedures.
Dr. Larson utilizes a variety of oral benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine derivatives, and piperazine derivatives to induce sedation, including Triazolam, Lorazepam, Diazepam, and Hydroxyzine.
Advantages and Benefits
The oral sedatives provide an effective but extremely safe approach to conscious sedation. While prescribed in higher doses for dental sedation, these pills are taken daily by millions of individuals to treat insomnia and anxiety.
These pharmaceuticals also remain in the patient’s body for longer than other sedatives, permitting the dentist to perform more procedures during one appointment. Similarly, because the sedatives’ amnesic effect lingers, patients rarely complain of post-operative discomfort.
A required commitment to eight or ten dental procedures over several months frequently deters both hesitant and less fearful patients. In lieu of compromising your oral health and abandoning the prescribed treatment, sedation successfully condenses the treatment into fewer, longer appointments. Conscious sedation consequently allows all patients to comfortably receive the dental care they need or desire.
