If you are nervous about visiting the dentist (do not worry, up to 80% of people are!) or are fearful about a particular dental procedure (for example, having a dental injection), sedation (on the peak of other relaxation techniques) can help to put your nerves at ease.
After having completed your dental treatment under sedation successfully, you will have potential in gaining confidence over your dental fears long-term because you will have been semi-conscious yet comfortable throughout the process, therefore you can be educated in feeling confident about any future dental treatment. This is unlike general anaesthesia which does not offer you this since you will be fully asleep.
Sedation can also give you that extra confidence to enhance invasive dental procedures such as multiple wisdom teeth removal, multiple tooth extractions, placement of multiple dental implants or All-on-4, etc.
Having sedation over general anaesthesia carries a lower risk of complications of post-operative side effects such as nausea, headaches, sore throat, etc., and risk of mortality/death – 1 in 3 million for sedation vs 1 in 500,000 for general anaesthesia (although such risk for both methods is considered very low).
Sedation is a game-changer for patients with certain medical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease or Cerebral Palsy to receive safer and comfortable dental treatment. It also helps some patients avoid the stress that may come from having dental procedures, which can otherwise aggravate their existing heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, epilepsy, etc.
If you are someone that has an excessive gag reflex to the point where you cannot tolerate having a dental instrument in your mouth, sedation is likely to benefit the ease at which you can have a dental procedure done.
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Nuffield Dental is a one-stop, multi-disciplinary dental care centre. At Nuffield, we put you first. We believe in providing personalised service for each patient.
Nuffield Dental is a one-stop, multi-disciplinary dental care centre. Here at Nuffield Dental, we pride ourselves of our personalised oral care for each and every one of our patients. We need to make sure you get all the help you need to make your dental procedures comfortable, accessible and seamless.
Our dentists have specialised in treating nervous patients for 20+ years. We have accredited dental providers who are skilled in the area of dental implant surgery.
Please call one of our Nuffield Dental clinics in Malaysia for pricing details.
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