Most people have certain fears when it comes to going to the dentist, whether they are related to the needle used for local anesthesia, the pain, the medical instruments or simply to the fact that they live intensely every moment. All these create discomfort and anxiety in the patients. The body will secrete a greater amount of adrenaline, which will amplify their anxiety.
Pain is an inconvenience for all patients but, fortunately, nowadays, there is a variety of anesthesia types that highly increase the degree of comfort, during dental interventions. Intravenous sedation for the dental treatment of adults (IV sedation) is a bit different, being aimed not at eliminating the pain, but at keeping the patients relaxed and eliminating their fears.
IV sedation is a great choice, being recommended in the case of surgeries, extractions of wisdom teeth and treatments that would require multiple visits to the dentist, and also in the case of complex all on 4 teeth in a day interventions.
It is popular because it provides both the doctor and the patient with a certain psychological comfort. This type of sedation helps patients to calm down, knowing that they will feel absolutely nothing. Sedated patients will also get local anesthesia, because they must feel absolutely no painful sensation.
From the dentist`s point of view, a relaxed and calm patient is a patient whose treatment will be done faster, more safely, covering more than could be achieved without the help of IV sedation.
