Our team offers oral surgery to help address serious and complicated oral health issues, ranging from tooth extraction and dental implant placement to bone grafting and orthognathic surgery. We can help restore the health, function, and beauty of your smile. But we also take time to ensure your treatment experience is a comfortable one. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral surgeons can ensure this is comfort with anesthesia and sedation.
Assessing Your Needs
Our team has experience in oral surgery and handling complex cases, as our doctors work with the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Trauma Team. We follow the same strict guidelines and protocols as hospital operating rooms. To find out what calming agents you may need, we will look at your age, weight, medical history, any medications currently being taken, and your anxiety levels. We also take special needs into account too. Every person is unique, and we will tailor our calming treatments to you to ensure your visit is a positive one, and you don’t dread your dental next visit!
Dental Anesthesia
With a local anesthesia, our team can target the area being treated directly to numb teeth and tissues and help you stay comfortable. For more minor procerus, this could be the extent of your calming medications. However, if you have more complex issues, like bone grafting or sinus lifts, or dental implant placement, we could also offer dental sedation.
Dental Sedation
We have three different sedation options. The most commonly prescribed option is a mild form known as nitrous oxide. We administer this through a mask over your nose. You breathe in a gas and enter a deep state of calm. We can adjust levels during treatment and the effects wear off when the treatment ends. Some can even drive themselves home or return to work or school!
If you need a deeper form of calming, we could offer oral sedation in the form of a pill or liquid prior to the procedure. You enter a deeper state of calm with little to no memory of the procedure. The effects take time to wear off completely, so you need someone on hand to take you home. IV sedation is the deepest form, and helps you enter a deep sleep-like state with no memory of the procedure. Someone will need to be available to take you home afterward.
If you have any questions about anesthesia and sedation, then contact our team today to learn more.
Talk to Our Team About Anesthesia in Santa Rosa, CA
We want to help you enjoy a healthy and comfortable treatment experience with anesthesia. To learn more about our calming treatment options, then give us a call at Santa Rosa Oral Surgery at (707)545-4625 today!
