Rest Easy While Restoring Your Smile with Sedation for Dental Implants

If you are on the internet searching for “painless dentist near me,” you can finally rest easy because here at Greg G. Pitts DDS in American Fork, Utah, Dr. Greg Pitts and his team are committed to helping you restore your smile using safe and comfortable sedation therapy for dental implants.

Five Benefits Dental Sedation Can Offer Patients

Dental sedation offers patients numerous benefits that can make their visit to the dental chair a much more bearable, if not stress-free, and painless experience. Here are a few benefits:

Your Dentist Can Work Faster

For patients with anxiety, it often can cause a procedure to stretch longer due to them moving around. With potent sedatives, a patient can relax while remaining still enough for Dr. Pitts to finish the process as quickly as possible.

Reduces Gag Relax

Our gag reflex is usually a good thing. But, regarding specific dental procedures, this reflex can hinder your dentist when it’s necessary to work deeper inside your oral cavity.

Spasms caused by this reflex can lead to harm, which is why sedation is often used to suppress this reflex, allowing a dentist to work safely and efficiently without risking harm to their patient.

Pain Relief

It’s perfectly reasonable for people to fear the pain associated with dental procedures. But with sedation therapy, your dentist can remove pain from the equation, so the brain doesn’t register pain while you are under the sedative’s influence.

Relief from Dental Associated Anxiety

Nervous patients can quickly become overwhelmed by their fear of the chair. In many cases, sedation can settle a patient’s nerves helping them relax and preventing unwanted injuries during sensitive procedures.

Can Cause Anterograde Amnesia

Typically, amnesia isn’t a good thing. However, not remembering their procedure can be a blessing for people with extreme dental phobia. This can help reduce their stress about future dental visits.

The Sedation Options We Offer

At Greg G. Pitts DDS, we offer our patients a variety of sedation choices to help them relax and better tolerate treatments. Here are a few options:

Nitrous Oxide Sedation

More commonly known as “laughing gas,” nitrous oxide administered via a facemask has been considered the gold standard in mild to moderate anesthesia. As the sedation begins, you will start feeling groggy and become more and more desensitized. The effects of the gas begin to reside immediately after we stop administration. This means driving and doing other activities after your treatment is perfectly safe.

IV Sedation

A more potent form of sedation that involves an anesthesiologist who alters the amount of sedative, ensuring you receive a safe dosage and remain comfortable. Like oral sedation, after receiving your sedative, you will not be able to participate in activities such as going to work or driving.

Learn More About Your Dental Sedation Options

Find out more about dental sedation by calling Greg G. Pitts, DDS, at (801) 758-0019 to schedule your consultation.