The dentists and staff at All Smiles Dental will make every effort to see that your visit is as comfortable and stress free as possible. If you are particularly anxious about your upcoming visit, an oral tranquilizer can be prescribed by your dentist. Typically you would take the medication the night before to ensure a restful nights sleep and then again a suitable length of time prior to your appointment. These steps should significantly reduce the anxiety in even the most fearful patient.
Commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide is a useful tool in our dental office. It is a sedative in gas form and is administered using a disposable soft nose hood. Almost the instant you start inhaling the sedative you begin to feel its relaxing effect. At the end of the appointment and shortly after switching to oxygen or room air the effects subside. You leave the office without any after effects other than the satisfaction that your treatment for that visit is complete. Although most commonly used for our younger patients, our nitrous oxide system is available to anyone who requests it.
