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If you are worried, scared, even terrified, you are not alone. We can help you overcome your fears and achieve a beautiful, healthy smile.
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Come in and meet Casey or Rhiann, our highly-trained Patient Care Coordinators who will show you around the practice, get to know you and listen to your concerns before discussing in detail how we can help you. Sometimes just from meeting some of the team and talking about your fears in a comfortable, non-clinical setting is enough to get past your fears.
Imagine being able to be totally calm and relaxed during dental treatments. Here at Stourbridge Dental & Implant Clinic, we use intravenous (IV) sedation, which is administered via the arm. It puts you at ease during treatments, awake but not consciously aware of the dentist or the procedure.
Treatment will only start once the team are sure you are fully sedated and relaxed. Whatever procedure you are having, the trained sedation nurse will monitor your breathing and heart rate to ensure you are safe and comfortable at all times.
You will be able to understand and respond to questions from the dental team, but may not remember much about the visit for two reasons:
Any dental treatment can be carried out under sedation, depending on how nervous the patient is. For many patients, sedation helps them to attend a general dental check up, a big step forward for their overall dental health.
Due to the calm, hazy effect of this sedation you will need someone to drive you home and supervise you for a short time after the treatment. You will be fine for work the next day.
No. The sedation used at Stourbridge Dental & Implant Clinic is a Midazolam sedative. You will not be consciously aware of your surroundings but you will be awake at all times and able to communicate with the dental team. A general anaesthetic will put you completely to sleep and this is prohibited from use in general dental practices.
No. You will not be aware of the treatment happening or any pain. The whole session will seem like a blur and you are likely not to remember anything about the treatment.
Yes a local anaesthetic is used to numb your teeth and gums using an injection in the required area. Due to the IV sedation you will not be able to feel this.
IV sedation is suitable for patients aged over 16, those with high anxiety levels and who are scared of coming to the dentist. It can also be used by patients who have a strong or sensitive gag reflex or a nervous disposition.
