Nitrous Oxide
We don’t do too much sedation at the office. But we do offer nitrous. It’s safe, you can drive
home, and there’s no turn around time. It really helps in taking the anxiety out of a lot of
treatments. We use it mainly for kids and for wisdom teeth extractions.  It’s great for kids as it
takes the edge off. Kids get really fidgety. 

In rare occasions, such as when patients want actual IV sedation, we get an anesthesiologist to
come to the office. This has to be planned months in advance. 

I will say, majority of people’s fears from the dentist comes from the needle. I have worked on
my needle skills for the past 10 years. To me, one of the greatest joys is listening to a patient
say, wait that was the needle. I didn’t feel anything. 

Imagine saying to that patient, well great- most painful part of the appointment is done. Now you
can sense this ease off them. A huge weight off their shoulders. 

So i really take my time to get to the know patients, and figure out what level of sedation would
be required for them to get their dental treatment completed. It’s just rewarding figuring that it’s
the needle cause i know that’s where I’m going to impress them. 

Of course, Other times, there’s a much larger fear. We can spot that out. Either we refer the kids
out to pediatric dentist. Or we refer our patients out to IV sedation clinics

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