Ladd Dental Group

What is Oral Conscious Sedation ?  " Conscious sedation dentistry , also known as procedural sedation and analgesia, is the procedure whereby sedatives are administered before a dental procedure to help you relax. You remain awake and responsive during your dental treatment, and you won’t feel any pain. The sedative just helps ease dental fear, so you get comfortably through your procedure. Dental fear and anxiet y   keeps millions of people away from the dental office every year. For them,  local anesthesia   isn’t enough because while it numbs the pain, it does nothing to minimize the fear and other psychological factors that patients away from their dentists. Many dentists use conscious sedation as a way to put patients at ease during  dental treatment .  Dental Sedation Options Most forms of conscious sedation are considered "light" or "moderate".  But conscious sedation is also referred to as  sleep dentistry  despite most p...