Comforting Relaxing Gas and Intravenous Sedation
Often for the small kids the inhalational Nitrous Oxide Sedation ("Laughing Gas") is very helpful. It is also often helpful to suppress the gagging reflex in adults. Intravenous Light Conscious Sedation is one of the best methods of helping the patients with otherwise uncontrolled gagging reflexes, with uncontrolled fear, apprehension,
and making long appointments much better tolerable for regular patients.
Intravenous sedation. This form of pain and anxiety control involves injecting a sedative into a vein of a patient's arm or hand. This approach is usually reserved for patients undergoing extensive dental procedures or for the extremely anxious patient. Dentists need to monitor the oxygen level of patients receiving IV sedation and may need to give such patients additional oxygen during the procedure. With IV sedation, the patient is awake but very relaxed. If you think you may be interested in IV sedation, call our office at (847) 329-9858.