Are You Avoiding Dental Care Due To Fear? Did you know there are alternatives to help you relax? Sedation dentistry, also known as sleep dentistry, involves the use of medication to help patients relax and feel at ease during dental procedures. At The Pines Dental in Welland, we understand that dental anxiety and fear can prevent many individuals from receiving the oral care they need. That’s why we proudly offer sleep dentistry options to help patients who experience dental anxiety, have a low pain threshold, or require extensive dental work.
Our aim is to help our patients be completely relaxed while they are in our office in Welland. Your dental visit should be a restorative time for your mind and body. If you don’t feel comfortable during treatment, talk to us about ways to help you relax. Modern preventive techniques, advances in anaesthesia, nitrous oxide and many new relaxation techniques allow our patients to leave our office feeling better than when they arrived. We take the time to understand your specific needs and tailor the sedation approach to suit you best.
IV Sedation Dentistry
IV sedation is a type of sedation dentistry that involves the administration of medication directly into the bloodstream through a small needle. This method allows for precise control of the sedative’s effects, ensuring a deeper level of relaxation. If you have a high level of anxiety when it comes to dental treatments, then IV Sedation may be the best option for you. This anxiety killer is a safe and extremely effective tool to help make your dental treatment easier on you.
IV Sedation induces a dream-like state that makes you less aware of your surroundings. It is truly “Dentistry while you Dream.” Other advantages include faster recovery than sedative pills and the ability to add medicine directly into the bloodstream following more in-depth procedures, resulting in less pain afterwards.
Our IV Sedation Provider is Dr. Jon Vanbeek. His compassionate and thorough approach will keep you comfortable and safe while Dr. Pampena performs your dental procedure. Our experienced dental team will monitor your vital signs closely, ensuring your safety and comfort at all times.
If dentistry stresses you out, ask us about sleep dentistry or “Dentistry while you Dream” today.
Oral Moderate Sedation
Oral Sedation Therapy allows our patients, who would otherwise elect not to visit a dentist, the chance to have their work completed just by taking a small pill. Oral sedation is safe and effective and is taken orally about an hour before your appointment. Oral sedation allows you to relax throughout your dental visit and eliminates the stress that occurred with past appointments. You can drift off to sleep and complete several treatments in just one appointment.
You may be more comfortable choosing to have nitrous oxide (laughing gas) sedation. Laughing gas is also very effective and safe for children. For individuals with greater anxiety levels or those undergoing more invasive surgeries, we can combine the oral sedative with nitrous oxide for a much more enhanced effect.
Dr. Pampena is among the first dentists in Welland to hold a facility permit and be licensed under the Royal College of Dentists and Surgeons of Ontario to provide conscious moderate sedation dentistry. Dr. Pampena will listen to your concerns without judgement and make you feel welcome and comfortable.
You are invited to arrange a consultation with Dr. Pampena at The Pines Dental in Welland to determine if sedation dentistry is right for you.
