We offer our patients a variety of pain relievers and sedatives, according to each individual's needs and desires.

 

Local anesthesia is designed to eliminate pain, which it does well.  It does not eliminate the tension and anxiety generally associated with dental treatment in the minds of many people.

 

We have an inhalation sedative available.  It is breathed in along with oxygen from a nosepiece.  It gives you a relaxed, detached feeling free of tension and anxiety.  You will not go to sleep, but will remain awake and cooperative.  After your treatment is completed you will breathe plain oxygen for several minutes until the effects of the sedative are gone.  This sedative does not take the place of local anesthesia, but it is used along with it.  It is in no way compulsory and you may request only local anesthesia if you wish.

 

Some patients experience certain effects while receiving Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen sedation.  These may be, but are not limited to:

 

     * Body warmth: Tingling of hands, feet, legs or tongue

     * Mild sleepiness

     * Euphoria or mood change

     * Sweating, nausea and amnesia are rare

 

Nitrous should be used cautiously or avoided in these cases:

 

     * Psychosis, Bipolar, Manic Depression, Schizophrenia

     * Severe airflow restriction (i.e.: emphysema, collapsed lung, etc.)

     * Recent middle ear infection

     * Ovarian Cyst

     * Colostomy

     * Bowel obstruction

     * Recent detached retina

     * Pregnancy

     * COPD

     * Bleomycin sulfate treatment

 

** Please limit fluid intake prior to treatment.