{"id":27,"date":"2009-04-23T14:52:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T20:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sanmarcosdental.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2009-04-23T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T20:52:19","slug":"sedation-dentistry-for-happy-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanmarcosdental.com\/blog\/sedation-dentistry-for-happy-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedation Dentistry For Happy Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conscious sedation enables many patients who have dental anxiety or dental phobia a safe and effective way to have an anxiety-free dental experience many have only dreamed of.\u00a0 Our main objective is to ensure our patients are comfortable throughout the entire procedure.\u00a0 With sedation dentistry, you are in a relaxed state before, during, and after your entire treatment.\u00a0 You will have little or no memory of the procedure once the treatment is complete.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only for people who have anxiety before their dental appointments, but also those who need extensive treatment completed in a\u00a0limited amount of time and appointments, or just want to be\u00a0completely relaxed during their procedures.\u00a0 Dr. Donnelly has been helping his patients have anxiety free dental experiences for many years.<\/p>\n<p>When you get to the dental office for your procedure, you will be given a combination of sedative drugs and nitrous oxide, which will put your body in an extremely relaxed state with reduced perception.\u00a0 A local anesthetic will then be administered to eliminate pain.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t feel pain or even remember the numbing when the procedure is complete, due to the sedative.\u00a0 We will be monitoring your vital signs during the entire procedure and help to keep you comfortable and relaxed.\u00a0 While you may fall asleep during the procedure, you are not completely put under as with general anesthesia, but remain in a responsive state and all body functions stay normal.<\/p>\n<p>You may be very drowsy after the treatment because of the sedative, therefore it is necessary to have someone drive you to and from the office on the day of your treatment, and supervise you afterwards.\u00a0 If sedation dentistry sounds like something you&#8217;re interested in, please call our office for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conscious sedation enables many patients who have dental anxiety or dental phobia a safe and effective way to have an anxiety-free dental experience many have only dreamed of.\u00a0 Our main objective is to ensure our patients are comfortable throughout the entire procedure.\u00a0 With sedation dentistry, you are in a relaxed state before, during, and after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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