What Is IV Sedation Dentistry? How Does It Help?

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What Is IV Sedation Dentistry? How Does It Help?
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Many patients have yet to hear, much less benefit
from, IV sedation dentistry, but sedation
dentists are working toward turning the tides! IV
sedation is, in fact, becoming the primary choice
among patients with difficulties in dealing with
dental needles in particular and dental
procedures in general.
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State of Deep Relaxation
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While IV sedation dentistry is often termed

as sleep dentistry, it is
actually a misleading

exchange of terms for many reasons. For one

thing, IV sedation induces a state of deep

relaxation, not
of being put to sleep as is the
case with
deep sedation. Dentists do not
exactly put
their patients to sleep even with
surgical
procedures like wisdom tooth
extraction
and root canal therapy.
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For another thing, the drugs used in IV sedation
dentistry cause partial or full memory loss
(i.e., amnesia) during the period when the
sedation drugs first kick in until the time it
wears off.
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Method of Administration
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Many first-time patients of IV sedation

dentistry also think that the intravenous

needle is immediately placed into the vein, a

misconception that prevents many patients

from undergoing IV sedation because of their

fear of needles. Fortunately, this is not the

case in IV sedation dentistry cases.
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• A numbing agent is applied on the area (i.e.,
  hand) where the needle will be inserted into the
  vein. This will significantly, if not completely,
  eliminate the sensation of being pricked with the
  needle.

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• Keep in mind that the drugs used in IV sedation
  dentistry are not painkillers although a
  pain-killing drugs may also be added in a few
  cases these are actually anti-anxiety drugs
  that induces the state of deep relaxation and
  amnesia. But the patient you, for example
  must still be numbed before the dentist performs
  further steps.

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• IV sedation dentistry means that the drugs will
  be injected into the vein IV comes from the
  word intravenous, which means through the vein.
  Your dentist will insert an extremely thin needle
  into your vein close to your skins surface the
  vein can either be on the arm or back of your
  hand while the needle will be wrapped in a soft
  plastic tube after insertion.

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• Your dentist will then slide out the needle,
  which will leave the soft plastic tube in place.
  You will then be administered the drugs via the
  tube, which will stay on during the entire
  procedure.

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• Your pulse and oxygen levels will be measured
  with a pulse oximeter while your blood pressure
  will also be monitored before and after the
  procedure, a must in IV sedation dentistry. These
  are safety precautions for your own sake.

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IV sedation dentistry is becoming increasingly
popular because of its benefits including the
rapid onset of the drugs, the customisation of
the drugs for tailored level of sedation, and the
reduction of the gag reflex, among others. To put
it simply, IV sedation dentistry is an option for
patients who want to avoid the literal and
figurative pain of being in the dentists chair.
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