A dental clinic is one
place not many patients would like to visit very often unless they
are compelled by painful toothache and there is no other choice. Fear
is one negative emotion that ke...
A dental clinic is one
place not many patients would like to visit very often unless they
are compelled by painful toothache and there is no other choice. Fear
is one negative emotion that keeps many people from visiting the
dentist. It is not hard to believe that even adults fear the
proceedings of dentistry. This is the reason why the sedation
technique has emerged to help those who find it hard to conquer the
fear of spatula of the dentist. In the simplest terms it is the
common man’s tool to conquer dental phobia which has shown a
phenomenal rise in recent years. The malicious side of dental phobia
is that it prevents people from undergoing the very much needed
routine dental care and occasional treatments that keep the teeth
healthy.
Sedation- A study
Sedation is the
scientific process of keeping the patient in a calm state of mind
prior to any dental treatments. It takes care of the very root cause
of fear. The process of sedation essentially involves the use of
sedatives to tranquilize the nerves of the patient so that they take
the dental treatments on a positive note. The sedative drugs include
tranquilizers, anti depressants, anti- anxiety are administered to
the patient to overcome the mental blocks of the patients suffering
from dental phobia. But the idea of sedatives has undergone many
transformations and patients can opt for easier methods of
administering the drugs that does not involve any inhalation or
injection of sedative drugs through injection. Many advanced
techniques use some alternative methods to administer the sedative
drugs that transform the patient’s agitated mental state to the one
which is more relaxed and tranquilized.
Oral sedation dentistry
has replaced the older techniques and the best thing is that they
involve no needles. This transforms the patient to such comfortable
mental state that the feels like they were into some deep sleep and
no thought of being in a dental clinic. On many occasions anesthesia
is followed by the sedation in order to complete shield against pain.
But one should always trust a responsible practitioner in case of
dental sedation. The sedation should be confused with sleeping
because it is not sleeping and patients often are kept awake. But
they are taken over by a feel good state that enables the patient to
relax throughout the process. Then the patient hardly feels anything
about the entire treatment procedure.
