Sedation Dentistry Can Help You Reclaim Your Oral Health In L.A.
Welcome back to the Westwood Dental Smiles blog! We hope that you are having a great new year thus far. If you made a resolution to reclaim your oral health, we can certainly help you to do so. Even if you are afflicted with dental anxiety. We know that this condition can be a real problem for you.
We want to make it easy for you to get the care you deserve. The longer you stay away, you become increasingly vulnerable to tooth decay, tooth loss, periodontal disease, and any number of preventable infections.
That said, no matter what level of fear or anxiety you are dealing with, our team is ready to welcome you back and get you on the good road again.
To that end, we provide sedation dentistry services to our L.A. dental patients who need a little extra help relaxing when they pay us a visit.
Sedation Dentistry In Los Angeles
We want to make you feel as comfortable as possible. Depending on the severity of your situation, we will set you up with sedation in one of three forms that are guaranteed to give you a pain-free experience no matter what type of procedure you are receiving:
Nitrous Oxide
If your dental anxiety is less severe, you are probably more open to the idea of coming in for a visit. In this range, you may be able to call our office and make an appointment.
But once you’re getting ready to actually come here, your nerves might kick in, making it a real effort to follow through.
If that sounds familiar, we can help you quickly relax with an inhalation sedation technique involving laughing gas (nitrous oxide).
For this method, we will administer the nitrous oxide to you through a mask that rests comfortably over your nose.
You will be able to breathe normally throughout your procedure, and our Westwood Dental smiles team can regulate the amount of sedation you receive.
Oral Sedation
Around here, we’ve got something for everyone, which is important because if you suffer from mid-range dental anxiety, you are at a much greater risk of having problems.
It is likely that you will want to ignore the situation in your mouth and hope that it just goes away on its own. And you probably won’t go to the dentist unless something is causing you so much pain that there just is no other option left.
Even so, we can help you relax sufficiently by supplying you with oral sedation.
Oral sedation is a prescription sedative that our team will arrange for you to ingest, usually about an hour before your actual appointment is scheduled to take place.
You should know that oral sedation is far more intense than nitrous oxide, and will put you at ease for the duration of your visit.
IV Sedation
It’s alright if you’re not like everyone else! If you have a severe aversion to the dentist, you are going to need a little more help feeling at ease. In this range you might know that you require immediate dental care but you still can’t even think about making an appointment.
Does that sound like you? If so, we can give you what is known as IV sedation.
This is a very direct and powerful method of sedation, and its effects will be felt almost immediately. For this technique, a sedative is delivered directly into your bloodstream by way of an intravenous injection.
This will quickly make you feel very relaxed, and able to get through even our most intense procedures.
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We hope you will be inspired to take the next step!
We know it can be scary. Just keep in mind, whatever your anxiety level may be, the team here at Westwood Dental Smiles is prepared to help put you at ease. What’s more, you don’t have to be afraid of our fees! Dentistry should be affordable and accessible to everyone in our community. As such, we honor most insurance plans, and we also offer payment plans such as Care Credit and extended options, like low monthly payments with no interest for up to two years.
No matter what, don’t put off your oral health any longer. Instead, Contact us right away to hear more about our sedation dentistry options in L.A.
