Comfort, Ease, and Convenience with Sedation Dentistry
Sedation dentistry allows you to be relaxed and comfortable during your dental appointment. You will be given a prescription medication that you will take before your appointment. When you arrive for your appointment, you will be relaxed and anxiety-free. This not only helps your mental state, it improves the quality of your dental treatment by:
- Allowing more treatment in a single visit
- Allowing faster treatment when you are relaxed
- Controlling gag reflex
- Reducing discomfort during the procedure and after
- Reducing back, neck, or jaw pain during or after treatment
People often think they have anxiety because they had and continue to have unpleasant experiences at the dentist. They don’t realize how much their anxiety causes unpleasant experiences at the dentist. Being anxious makes you more aware of objects in your mouth so you’re more likely to gag. It causes a stress response that burns away anesthesia. And it makes you tense muscles in your jaw, neck, and body in response. Then you feel sore afterward because of the tension.
Oral conscious sedation allows you to get better and more extensive treatment in fewer visits with less discomfort and without experiencing dental anxiety.
Which Sedation works best for me?
Which Sedation works best for me?
Scheduling your sedation appointment with Dr. Marzban
Scheduling your sedation appointment with Dr. Marzban
Break the Cycle of Anxiety
Many people are trapped in the cycle of dental anxiety. Because they fear the dentist, they avoid the dentist. Avoiding the dentist leads to poor oral health which requires significant restorative dentistry. This makes them anxious, so they avoid the dentist even more, and their oral health worsens.
With sedation dentistry, you can overcome anxiety to get preventive dental care. With good preventive care, you will need less restorative dentistry. This makes dental visits shorter and more pleasant. As a result, you will feel less anxiety. Some people find that after using sedation dentistry for a while, they can feel comfortable and go to the dentist on their own. Even if anxiety persists, you will have better oral health and can enjoy a higher quality of life.
Dr. Marzban, a Highly Qualified Sedation Dentist
Dr. Marzban uses sedation dentistry because she cares about her patients and wants everyone to have access to the level of dental care necessary to get and maintain a beautiful, healthy smile. To ensure you get the best quality sedation care, Dr. Marzban is a DOCS-certified dentist, which means that she has the knowledge to determine the sedation type most likely to give you the results you desire, including those that will avoid any interaction with other medications you are currently taking.
Common Questions about Sedation Dentistry:
WHAT IS SEDATION DENTISTRY?
Sedation dentistry uses mild sedatives to help alleviate common fears and anxiety related to dental procedures. Sedation dentistry allows people to overcome dental anxiety and see their dentist for everything from general cleanings to cosmetic procedures.
CAN SEDATION DENTISTRY HELP ME?
Sedation dentistry can help many people who avoid dental appointments or have bad dental experiences. Of course, sedation dentistry helps people who have dental anxiety. But it also helps people who experience unpleasant side effects of anxiety.
This includes people who:
- Have a strong gag reflex
- Have difficulty getting numb
- Get sore jaw, neck, or back during or after an appointment
Being more relaxed at the dentist can help you avoid these unpleasant side effects of a dental visit.
CAN SEDATION MAKE MY TREATMENT MORE CONVENIENT?
Do You offer nucalm?
DO YOU OFFER DRUG-FREE ALTERNATIVES TO SEDATION?
WILL I BE ASLEEP DURING MY PROCEDURE?
IS SEDATION DENTISTRY SAFE?
WHO IS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR SEDATION DENTISTRY?
Whether you need a dental crown, root canal, or other extensive treatment or if even tooth whitening is enough to set your anxiety levels sky-high, Dr. Marzban and her caring dental team can help you get the treatment you want in comfort and ease. Read more about Relaxing Into Sedation Dentistry.
To learn more about sedation dentistry, please call 703-323-8200 or email us today.
