What Exactly is Sedation Dentistry

The video talks about sedation dentistry. The speaker is a doctor who has a practice that uses this type of dentistry regularly. Sedation dentistry involves the use of various medications while performing dental work on patients. Specialists use these types of medications to help people who are fearful or nervous about dental procedures.

Video Source

Many people are nervous about dental procedures because of preconceived ideas, negative past experiences, or lack of knowledge. Nevertheless, sedation dental practices help people coast through their dental procedures without going through unnecessary stress or trauma. It also helps people who need to have a large amount of dental work done in one day. The medications help those people go through the procedures without any memory of having spent hours upon hours in the dental office.

There are two types of medication used in this type of procedure. The patients usually have their choice of which one suits them more. One type of medication is an oral pill that calms the nerves. The other type of medication is administered intravenously. The dentist says that both types of medications are highly safe, and the use of such medicines causes the dentists to monitor their patients more than usual.