Innes Dental Health Group - Ottawa

Sedation in Ottawa

Sedation and sleep dentistry techniques are designed to ensure your utmost comfort and relaxation while undergoing dental procedures, effectively eliminating stress and anxiety from the equation.
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Discover Stress-Free Dentistry with Our Comprehensive Sedation Options

At Innes Dental Health Group, we prioritize your comfort and peace of mind during dental procedures. Our range of anesthetic and sedation options ensures you remain pain-free and at ease throughout your treatment. We tailor these options to your unique treatment plan, personal preferences, and the professional judgment of our skilled dentists and specialists.

Explore the following categories of sedation to understand how we can best cater to your needs:
  1. Local Anesthesia: This time-tested technique involves the precise application of local anesthetics to numb the specific area requiring treatment. While you may experience pressure, rest assured that pain will be effectively blocked.
  2. Sedation: Our team offers various methods of sedation, including prescription medication, laughing gas, or intravenous administration. With light to moderate sedation, you will remain fully conscious but deeply relaxed. This approach is often complemented by local anesthesia for optimal comfort.
  3. Sleep Dentistry: For those seeking a more profound level of relaxation, we provide general anesthesia or deep sedation. This option virtually or completely renders you unconscious, with many patients reporting no recollection of the procedure. Afterward, you’ll remain relaxed and drowsy, requiring a companion to accompany you home.

The Advantages of Dental Sedation

We understand that every patient is unique, and their dental needs can vary. Our comprehensive sedation and sleep dentistry options are designed to cater to individuals from all walks of life, offering a wide array of benefits, including:

Overcoming Dental Anxiety

Dental anxiety can be a significant barrier to receiving essential dental care. Don’t let fear or worry hold you back from the treatment you require. Whether you experience mild apprehension or extreme dental anxiety, our sedation dentistry solutions are here to help. Speak up, and let us assist you in alleviating your concerns.

Time Flies By

During lengthy dental procedures that may leave you feeling uncomfortable, sedation ensures your relaxation and comfort throughout the process. You’ll find that your procedure concludes in what seems like the blink of an eye. For those in need of IV sedation, the experience can feel as though time passes in an instant.

Tailored for Your Needs

We recognize that every patient has unique challenges, such as a sensitive gag reflex, chronic restlessness, or resistance to local anesthesia. Sedation dentistry comes to the rescue in a variety of cases, ensuring that treatment options are accessible to all, regardless of individual sensitivities or preferences.

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During this consultation, we will evaluate not only your teeth, gums, and oral tissues but also assess the state and alignment of your bite. Our goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of your overall oral health and aesthetic desires. By sharing your smile aspirations with us, we can create a customized treatment plan to help you reach your goals. Contact us today to begin your journey towards a stress-free and comfortable dental experience with sedation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please be assured that we engage in thorough discussions with all our patients to gain insights into their medical backgrounds. This enables us to make an informed assessment and determine whether sedation dentistry is the suitable choice for your specific needs. We will only conduct procedures that are safe for you.

Many sedation dentistry methods do not require patients to be rendered unconscious. Instead, they promote a deep state of relaxation, where patients often feel extremely calm. It’s possible that you won’t even retain any memory of the procedure once it concludes and you shouldn’t feel nervousness/anxiety during.

Sedation typically induces a swift sense of relaxation and drowsiness. A mild tingling sensation is reported by some individuals. Additionally, it’s common to experience mild amnesia following the procedure, potentially resulting in a lack of recall about the specifics of the treatment.

If you’ve undergone sedation during your dental procedure, we recommend taking a day off for recuperation. Generally, it’s wise to allocate a 24-hour period before resuming your normal activities. The duration of drowsiness recovery varies depending on the type of sedation administered, but it typically falls within the range of 2 to 8 hours.

Whenever sedation is utilized, we strongly emphasize the significance of arranging for a friend or family member to provide transportation and companionship for you. Allowing the sedation to fully wear off and affording your body some much-needed rest before resuming your everyday activities is essential.

With sedation dentistry, you have options that can range from mild relaxation to deep sedation, so your level of consciousness can vary. In most cases, patients remain conscious, but they are deeply relaxed and often report feeling little to no discomfort or anxiety during the procedure. However, in some instances, such as with general anesthesia, you may be completely unconscious. Your dentist will discuss the appropriate sedation method based on your treatment needs and your comfort level.

What patients are saying about us

Paul

The best dentist in the area! My teeth are smiling. Amazing staff :)

Kelly

Nothing but good experiences with amazing staff.

Jennifer Laviolette

I love Dr. Khouri and all the staff at Innes Dental. I have been with them for over 15 years. They are always so friendly and wonderful to deal with.

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