A sedation dentist in Ft. Lauderdale can change the lives of South Florida residents suffering with dental anxiety, movement disorders, or other special needs using painless dentistry methods. In the past, many anxious patients would simply skip visiting the dentist for years, putting their oral health at risk. Renew Family Dental is changing the dental visit experience, offering expert sedation dentistry in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Introduction to Sedation Dentistry
Patients are discovering the benefits of dental phobia-free treatment from sedation dentistry Fort Lauderdale everyday, but what is type of dentistry? Using medications to induce a relaxed and sedated state, patients can experience their dental procedure without any stress. With deeper sleep methods, patients often have no memory of the event at all.
Calming anxieties and allowing patients to have multiple or complex procedures completed at once, sedation dentistry can involve the following methods in addition to local anesthesia:
Treatment Options
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Oral Conscious Sedation: Taking medication before your procedure to reduce anxiety, oral sedation induces a relaxed, happy, and often sleepy sensation. You are still conscious during your procedure, but feeling unworried and unhurried!
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Nitrous Oxide: Probably one of the most well known tools in the dentist's office, nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas” has been used effectively for generations. Safe and quick to use during minor procedures, this relaxing medication calms anxious dental patients for short periods of time.
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IV Sedation: A deeper sedation method offered for cases of extreme anxiety and complex or longer procedures. IV sedation is a more involved process, resulting in a sleeping, but still-technically-awake state of consciousness.
Renew Family Dental offers IV sedation, while many dentists only offer nitrous-oxide or conscious sleep types.
Specialists in creating relaxed experiences for the most anxious patients, sedation dentistry in Fort Lauderdale is ideal for patients whose fear prevents them from caring for their teeth.
Why Choose Sedation Dentistry?
Anxiety and phobias during dental procedures are very common. When you suffer from them, it is easy to feel like you are the only one. The most common issue by far, anxiety is only one of the reasons our patients opt for sedation during their treatment. Sedation dentistry is also a great choice for:
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Claustrophobic patients who suffer with feelings of crowding during dental work.
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Individuals with physical difficulties and special needs during dental visits
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People who struggle to stay still for extended periods while visiting the dentist
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Those who wish to bundle many dental services into one appointment
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Unfortunate souls who need long, comprehensive mouth restoration.
Types of Sedation Offered in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A variety of safe and effective methods can help patients transform their experience of dental appointments.
At Renew Family Dental, our sedation dentist offers every type of sedation. We explore each of them below:
Oral Sedation Dentistry
Using gentle oral sedation medication such as triazolam, lorazepam, and zaleplon, your sedation dentist can help you feel relaxed during your visit with this method.
Many people feel sleepy while under oral sedation, but will still be able to communicate with their sedation dentist during the appointment.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
Even minor procedures can trigger debilitating anxiety or cause problems for people with physical issues during treatments.
Nitrous oxide is a fast acting, light sedative, and the effects are easy to reverse. Your dentist will administer the gas through a face mask or nose piece. The gas takes effect within a few minutes, leaving you feeling relaxed and calm.
After your treatment, the gas is replaced with oxygen. This quickly flushes the effects of laughing gas from your system and the effects wear off rapidly.
This simple reversal process makes nitrous oxide a very safe and convenient method when you want to move on with your day after your appointment.
Relaxing, Safe, Sleep Dentistry
IV Sedation Dentistry
High stress levels, intense phobias, and complex procedures often require a patient to be deeply sedated during treatment.
During IV sedation you will look and feel like you are asleep. You will still be able to respond to stimulus during your visit, but it is not likely you will remember it after the event.
As IV medications are administered into your bloodstream at Renew Family Dental, Dr Corral and his team will monitor your health throughout.
Highly experienced and certified in this safe sedation method, our team will keep track of your blood pressure, oxygen levels, and heart rate the whole time.
Choosing the Right Sedation Option
Sedation options for your procedure is all about finding the best choice for your needs. This choice depends on a few unique factors, including your anxiety level, the length of your dental work, and your medical history.
Speaking with your dentist to express your concerns and goals allows them to create a tailored plan for your treatment. Dr. Corral will discuss with you the various depths of sedation available for you so you feel calm, including:
Minimal Sedation:
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This mild and soothing oral sedation level allows you to stay awake during dental care, but helps you feel relaxed and ease your stress. As know as complete conscious sedation.
Moderate:
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Still conscious but feeling a little more foggy and sleepy, moderate sedation leaves you feeling carefree and relaxed. Many patients fall asleep and do not remember details from their dental visits with mild and moderate sedation. For this reason, you must not drive home after your procedure.
Deep Sedation:
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Resembling peaceful sleep, your body relaxes to the very edge of consciousness with this effective method. You will feel asleep, but will still be able to respond to your surroundings. After this "deep sleep", most people do not remember the time during their procedure.
General Anesthesia:
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Preserved for the most complicated procedures, oral surgeries, or extreme phobias that fail other methods, general anesthesia leaves patients completely asleep and is performed within a surgical center or hospital setting.
Discussing your goals with your dentist will help you quickly find the best relaxation method for your situation and get your treatment plan started without delay.
Sedation Dentistry Procedures in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Every patient is an individual, and is treated as such at Renew Family Dental.
We work within your stress level and current treatment plan to design the best plan of action to make your procedures a positive experience. Some procedures that people commonly wish to be sedated for include:
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Tooth extractions: One of the medium level stressful procedures due to the mechanics of removing a tooth and its roots. Many people feel nervous and uncomfortable in the dental chair while they are having a life long tooth taken out.
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Root canal treatment: A root canal is a tooth saving treatment, requiring your dentist to remove the decayed or infected nerve in the root of your tooth and replace is with a custom-made synthetic root ready to support a shiny new crown.
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Implant dentistry: Modern dentistry can do amazing things to save your smile and replace missing teeth. Some of these new innovations, like implants, show remarkable results but do require some deep work involving your mandible bone. Implants will bond to healthy bone and are amazing replacements for your natural root.
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Full mouth restoration: Working to repair teeth, improve your smile, and reverse signs of aging, many patients undergoing a full mouth restoration process prefer to bundle procedures together into less visits. New teeth-in-a-day is possible at Renew Family Dental with their exclusive Renew Smile SureSnap system partnership.
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Wisdom tooth extraction: Technically still an extraction procedure, but wisdom teeth are often large, impacted, or pose a challenge for removal. For these reasons many patients opt for the help of sleep to make their wisdom tooth removal less stressful and feel like it flew by.
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Cosmetic veneers: An investment in your best smile is a beautiful investment in yourself. Cosmetic procedures, including veneer placements can be time consuming and uncomfortable. During the creation of their new smile, many local patients opt to visit the sedation dentist Fort Lauderdale counts on for dental treatment.
Our specialty is full mouth restoration. We are partnered with Renew Smiles so residents in the South Florida area can access the treatment that will give them the youthful smile they have always wanted.
Get a Free Consultation Today
Are you in need of a sedation dentist in Fort Lauderdale?
Consultations with Renew Family Dental about oral sedation dentistry to IV sleep dentistry in Fort Lauderdale, FL are completely FREE. Most residents in the Lauderdale community are commonly referred by other happy and satisfied patients.
We want you to feel comfortable and confident with your treatment plan and feel assured we can meet your goals for a health and beautiful smile.
Schedule your free consultation today. You can also learn more about us and see how we can ease your worries and meet your goals together.
Dr. Anthony Corral Post Author
Anthony R. Corral, DMD received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in Cellular/ Molecular Neuroscience and continued his education at Temple University where he received Doctor of Dental Medicine. Active membership in the American Dental Association, Florida Dental Association, & Academy of General Dentistry.
