Monday, March 5, 2012

Suffering from dental phobia can be a distressing issue

 Suffering from dental phobia can be a common and and a very serious and distressing issue for many people, resulting in them neglecting their oral care and treatment, which can then lead to more complex problems along the way. Which in turn, bring with them needing treatments of a greater and more painful magnitude.
Whilst many people shy away from visiting the dentist altogether as a result of their fear, the oral health can start to diminish and begin to grow into much more serious and costly problems. Dental phobias should not stop people from going to the dentist, and even if you have a fear you should think of how much worse your problems could get. By engaging in a dental phobia treatment such as IV or conscious sedation dentistry, you will start to feel at complete ease during the entirety of your treatment. You will feel little to no pain and you will most certainly be happy and not feel any anxiety.

Dental fear can not only stop people from visiting the dentist, but they can also find it to be a very embarrassing phobia. The fact of the matter is that many people all around the world do or have at some point suffered from a dental phobia. It is because of this pain free and sedation dentistry has become such a major part in helping people with dental treatments.

Overcoming your fear of the dentist can seem like an impossible task, but with the new advancements in dentistry you can feel comfortable and banish that fear that you have had to deal with for many years. There are 2 main forms of sedation that can be administered by your dentist. These are conscious IV sedation or nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas). IV sedation means that the sedation will be placed directly into your vein and you will be completely asleep during the procedure. You will wake up from the procedure thinking that it has only taken a matter of minutes, whereas it has actually taken hours to complete. Laughing gas is administered through the use of placing a mask over your nose and mouth, and you inhale the sedative. Nitrous Oxide helps you to feel light headed and in a dreamy state. You will feel little to no pain when using nitrous oxide and you will be able to undergo most minor dental treatments with this sedation.

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