Anesthesia and Sedation Options
The clinic offers a variety of sedation options to help you relax before and during dental procedures.
If you’re one of the many individuals living with significant dental fear and anxiety, sensitive reflexes, past experiences, physical and/or psychological disabilities, syndromes, and other conditions that make conventional dentistry impossible, sleep dentistry will give you the opportunity to access care for your teeth once again.
Dr. Ji and his trained staff offer a variety of sedation and anesthetic strategies to help you or your loved ones before and during dental procedures which includes oral conscious sedation, IV moderate sedation, deep sedation, and general anesthesia.
We are a Dental Anesthesia specialist clinic dedicated to the highest standards of quality and safety.
Conscious Sedation Options
Using a mild or moderate oral or IV medication to help you relax in combination with a local anesthetic to block pain, conscious sedation will allow you to stay awake during your dentist appointment. You will be conscious and be able to recall some parts of the appointment. This level is commonly known as IV sedation.
This level of sedation may inadequate or inappropriate for many individuals and case invasiveness.
Deep Sedation Options
With deep sedation, the patient is unconscious and sleeping. They cannot be aroused but can respond to repeated physical stimuli.
During deep sedation, the patient breathes on their own and maintains some protective reflexes.
Sleep dentistry usually refers to deep sedation. Only dental anesthesiologists, oral surgeons, and medical anesthesiologists are trained and qualified to administer this level of sedation.
About General Anesthesia (GA)
General anesthesia is used for patients who want or need to be completely asleep and unconscious during the dental treatment. Patients are unconscious and do not respond to painful stimuli.
It is always administered in the safest way possible with the necessary equipmentat our specialized clinic. It is administered through an injection in the arm or hand. It can also be supplemented by a face mask, although you may not remember this after your appointment.