Sedation Dentistry

Dental fear is very real for many people.  This fear prevents an unknowable number of necessary visits to the dentist every year and thus contributes to the progression of much oral disease.  Oral hygiene and dental care are essential to your body's health.  At Centercare, we want to ensure that you get the treatment you need, without anxiety.

Oral conscious sedation is a safe, comfortable way to ensure your dental treatment is complete.  It is designed to relax, often to the point of sleep, and to diminish memory of the appointment afterward.  At Centercare, we use these drugs for procedures as basic as teeth cleaning and as complex as extensive oral surgery.

This type of sedation is simply the controlled use of drugs which are otherwise used for insomnia.  They are oral tablets and are extremely safe and effective for this use.  Some patients will actually sleep.  Most find a twilight level of comfort for the entire procedure.  Heart rate and oxygen levels are carefully monitored.  Click here for testimonials.

At Centercare, we schedule most sedation appointments in the morning.  It is most effective then and allows the afternoon for recovery.  Because these drugs also slow reflexes, we request that another person drive both to and from the appointment.  The effects of the drug usually last throughout the day.  

If you are among those who have postponed treatment because of anxiety, let us help you.  Just call or click the contact information on this page.