Sedation Dentistry Queens, Oyster Bay, Bayside Dental Fear Dentists

It’s no secret that some people fear the dentist or at least have a certain level of anxiety in regard to dental appointments. As a matter of fact it is this anxiety or fear that leads many people to not getting the dental care that they need even though poor dental health has now been proven to affect your medical health and put you at risk of heart attacks and more. Thankfully there is a way to make your visits to the dentist completely stress free, with oral conscious sedation.

Oral conscious sedation is not to be confused with dental procedures performed under a general anesthesia. The difference here is that the level of sedation does not cause a patient to be unconscious as with general anesthesia. With oral conscious sedation a patient is given a pill to take before they go in for their appointment. Depending on how effective it is the dentist may give the patient another pill. The pill will relax the patient to such a level that they may even fall asleep but are able to respond and move and breathe on their own, unlike with being unconscious where assisted breathing is needed and the patient is not aware of anything. With oral conscious sedation you can go in for your dental visit feeling absolutely relaxed and many even leave their appointments with little recollection of the work done, including the injections, drilling and all of those other things that so many of us fear.

The use of oral conscious sedation has made it possible for even those patients with an intense fear of the dentist to go in for their appointments without the fear, stress and anxiety that once plagued them. This option really is a dream come true for those who dread trips to the dentist.  Ask the Corbin's about sedation dentistry in their Oyster Bay and Bayside / Queens practices.