It is normal for children to feel anxious or fearful when visiting a dental cleaning. Some of them respond completely uncontrollable at the dentist's office even if they have multiple cavities that need immediate treatment. While parents can only do so much to calm and control their anxious child, there are dental sedation techniques available to ensure that they receive dental care that is crucial to their overall health. .
Dental sedation services provided by Oyster Point Dentistry (in Hampton, VA) makes it easy for the parents and the dental team to calm and control the anxious child, and for that matter, the anxious adult. The patients will feel completely calm and relaxed but are awake and aware of what is going on. The medication simply removes all concern and anxiety. The patient is able to respond to questions and or instructions that the patient my need to respond to the dentist.
The oral sedation process has enabled many dentists to treat children and teenagers who would otherwise be too frightened to undergo a dental treatment. Such process is especially helpful for those young ones who will be undergoing long, invasive procedures. In oral sedation, there is no total loss of consciousness which is why it is also known as conscious sedation.
To find out more about the oral sedation process, contact Oyster Point Dentistry.
