Going to a dentist, for many people, can create severe anxiety. This anxiety may stop them from receiving the necessary dental work they need. Good oral health is the key to maintaining an overall healthy body. To eliminate the stress and anxiety dental procedures can produce, Sedation Dentistry in Garden City, NY can help. Being anxious about going to the dentist is called dental phobia and is very common. This type of dentistry is used to relax and ease the patient into a calm state. Sedatives, including tranquillizers, anti-anxiety formulas, nitrous oxide, and several other medications, can be administered to the patient.
In the past, IV sedation was the only option for sedating a patient. In some cases, an injection was given to a patient, which often added additional anxiety with the use of a needle. IV sedation is still an alternative and is safe and effective. The sedation dentistry in Garden City, NY is now a very relaxing experience to the patient dealing with anxiety. Oral sedation is a common form of sedation for patients with anxiety. Laughing gas and nitrous oxide can have a foul taste for some patients. A local anesthetic is regularly used to eliminate pain at the site of a dental procedure such as a filling or crown placement.
A local anesthetic can temporarily block pain that would normally travel to the brain. An anesthetic gel is usually applied before an actual injection is administered to lessen the pain even further. The largest benefit of sedation dentistry is the patient feels the procedure only lasted a few minutes when it may have lasted much longer. Individuals that require extensive dental work can benefit from sedation dentistry. Someone who receives sedation dentistry treatment is much more likely to return to the dentist to have routine care performed on a more regular basis.
Gerald B Grossman DDS offers sedation dentistry in the Garden City area. He has years of experience treating patients that are anxious about any type of dental procedure. His caring staff will treat every patient like one of the family to help lessen the fear and anxiety during each and every dental procedure.
