If you have dental anxiety or you’d like to feel more comfortable during your next appointment, the team at ONE ENDO is here to help. We offer a wide variety of sedation options, from mild laughing gas sedation to moderate oral conscious sedation and even general anesthesia so that you will be completely unconscious during your treatment. Contact us now to schedule a consultation in Westchester, Norwalk, or Greenwich.
Sedation allows you to feel more calm, comfortable, and relaxed during treatment. Depending on the treatment you choose, you may even sleep through your entire procedure, or forget what happened during your appointment.
Sedation also allows your doctor to perform your procedure more quickly and effectively, since it relieves your anxiety and can also help with things like fear of needles and a strong gag reflex. If you’re nervous about an upcoming endodontic like root canal therapy, sedation dentistry at ONE ENDO is a great choice.
To begin the process, a mask will be placed over your nose. Then, you’ll breathe in a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide, and you’ll start feeling its effects right away. Your dentist will conduct your endodontic procedure as you continue to breathe in through your nose.
At the end of your treatment, oxygen will be sent through the mask, and you’ll breathe it in to flush out any remaining nitrous oxide. You’ll feel totally normal within about 5 minutes.
You will either take your sedative the night before your appointment or an hour or two before your appointment. You will need someone to drive you to and from the dentist.
Once the sedative takes effect, your procedure will begin. You will feel very drowsy and groggy. You may fall asleep or forget most of what happens during your procedure. However, you will not be unconscious, and you can be woken up and you can respond to commands. It will usually take at least 4-6 hours for the effects of your sedative to wear off.
You will be hooked up to special monitoring equipment to ensure your safety. Then, a combination of IV medication and gas will be used to make you completely unconscious. You will be hooked up to a breathing machine to ensure you continue to breathe properly.
Then, your endodontic procedure will begin. Once your treatment is over, special medications will be administered to bring you back to consciousness. Like oral conscious sedation, you will need someone to drive you to and from our office, since the after-effects of anesthesia will take a while to wear off.
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