Sedation

There is a large part of the population that neglects their oral health due to the fear and anxiety that visiting their dentist produces.

We try to bring the patient to a state of relaxation and drowsiness, with the help of a doctor,specialist in sedation and anaesthesia, who will administer the appropriate drugs in each case.

These techniques can be used to help any patient who wishes, as long as they do not suffer from any pathology that contraindicates it.

During a treatment, many times the peace of mind that our dentist gives us is not enough. That is why, for the patient's greater peace of mind, medications that produce different degrees of numbness and tranquility are used, allowing dental treatment to be carried out without discomfort, tension or psychological trauma.

When is sedation used?

Conscious sedation is used in the following dental patients:

Young children who do not tolerate dental care or who require complex procedures.

Patients with a phobia of dental care, that is, exaggerated and uncontrollable fear related to such care.

Disabled patients by certain diseases, mainly in the psychiatric and neurological area.

Patients with a medical pathology susceptible to decompensation that require monitoring during treatment.

Numerous techniques and drugs can be used to perform conscious sedation, which we try to adapt to the needs of each patient and their intervention.

The degree of sedation is selected according to the patient's anxiety state, the magnitude of the proposed intervention and the capabilities of the professional in charge.

Superficial sedation: The numbness is minimal and only eliminates anxiety.

Moderate sedation: There is drowsiness from which it is easy to wake up. Depending on the medication used, there may be different degrees of amnesia and anesthesia.

Deep sedation: Sleep is deeper and a response is obtained only through more intense stimuli. In this state there are no emotions or memory and in general the sensation of pain decreases.