Relaxing, Worry-Free Dental Care
Sedation Dentistry New Jersey
Visiting the dentist regularly is essential to maintaining the health of your teeth, gums, and jaw. By diagnosing and treating tooth decay and periodontal diseases in their earliest stages, you can keep your mouth healthy and beautiful. While most adults realize the importance of oral health, anxiety prevents many patients from undergoing necessary dental procedures.
At Laser Dentistry North Jersey, we believe that fear should never stand in the way of patients receiving the quality care they need and deserve. Put yourself at ease by contacting Dr. Richard L. Bucher, who provides relaxing, worry-free sedation dentistry at his New Jersey practice.
Oral Conscious Sedation
Play By offering the most advanced technology at his laser dentistry practice, Dr. Bucher is committed to ensuring the most comfortable, efficient care possible. To put patients even further at ease, he may use a method of sedation dentistry known as oral conscious sedation.
Oral conscious sedation relies on pills to relieve anxiety and induce a state of total relaxation. Simply taking the prescribed pill an hour before your appointment will reduce your awareness of the sounds and sensations of the procedure, so you can enjoy a comfortable dental experience. Depending on the severity of your anxiety, Dr. Bucher may provide you with an additional pill to take the evening before your appointment, ensuring that you wake up calm and relaxed on the day of your procedure.
The pills used in oral conscious sedation are medications known as benzodiazepines, which relieve anxiety and help patients achieve a sleep-like state. Although oral sedation will result in a depressed level of consciousness, you will still be able to respond to verbal and physical stimulation, breathe freely, and retain your reflexes. However, after your appointment you will have little to no recollection of the procedure itself, and will feel as though the entire experience lasted mere minutes.
Because we are invested in your comfort, we are proud to provide relaxing sedation dentistry. And because our New Jersey practice is also committed to your safety and well-being, a friend or family member will be required to drive you to and from your procedure.
Benefits of Sedation Dentistry
By ordering a sedative before a dental procedure, Dr. Bucher is able to effectively overcome a variety of obstacles preventing individuals from receiving treatment.
- Sedation dentistry is an ideal solution for individuals with dental phobias, who experience such anxiety at the prospect of undergoing dental procedures that they avoid receiving treatment.
- Some patients do not achieve complete numbness from local anesthetic alone. Others have sensitive teeth that may experience elevated discomfort during dental procedures. In these cases, sedation may be used to render the patient unaware of the procedure and its associated sensations, including discomfort or pain.
- Dental treatment is difficult for patients with a sensitive gag reflex. Sedation relaxes the patient, reducing gagging impulses so that procedures can be performed comfortably and efficiently.
- Some people simply do not have the time for the multiple office visits typically required for complex dental work. Because sedation dentistry gives patients the sensation that even lengthy procedures lasted mere minutes, a substantially greater amount of dental work can be accomplished in just one visit.
Whether you require restorative treatments, or want to pursue a more beautiful smile with a complex cosmetic dentistry procedure, sedation dentistry can relieve anxiety so you can achieve the healthy, attractive smile you deserve.
Learn More about Sedation Dentistry
Don’t let anxiety prevent you from receiving the dental care you need. Learn more about sedation dentistry by contacting Dr. Bucher in New Jersey today. Conveniently located in Oakland, Laser Dentistry North Jersey provides patients throughout Bergen County with a higher quality of care.
