Sedation Denistry in Tijuana
At BioDental Care, we are proud to offer a full suite of professional and safe sedation services for every dental treatment that we provide. We believe that sedation options are an essential part of offering comfort and ease during dental procedures, and thankfully, there are a wide variety of choices available to us today. We can block pain, calm nerves, and even give you restful “sleep” while we carry out your treatments.
For adults, children, and those with special needs, we offer Oral and IV Sedation with all procedures, including:
- Tooth Extraction
- Dental Implants
- Dental Crowns
- Dental Bridges
- Fillings
- Cracked Teeth
- Cleanings
Your sedation options:
Local Anesthetics
Local anesthetics, such as lidocaine, are what’s most common used in dental procedures. They are administered directly to the surgical site to numb the tissue so that you do not feel any pain. For some minor procedures, such as soft tissue and simple extractions, a local anesthetic is all that is generally needed to get the job done.
Oral Sedatives—Sleep Dentistry
For some, the use of an oral sedative about an hour before the procedure can help with anxiety. While oral sedatives do not eliminate pain, they provide our patients with a sense of calm prior to the procedure. Local anesthesia is then used to numb the surgical site.
Benefits of Sleep Dentistry include:
- A calm, relaxed mood
- Ease during the procedure
- The completion of multiple treatments in one visit
- Less post-op discomfort
We are proud to provide Benzodiazepines—a sedative and anti-anxiety medication—which bind and tone down activity within the fear receptors of the brain. We believe Benzodiazepines to be exceptionally effective because they target are areas of the brain focused on sleep. Doses can be altered to decrease anxiety or induce sleep, according to patients’ needs. We use sedative-hypnotics—to calm and induce drowsiness and even sleep—and anti-anxiety drugs—to reduce anxiety and induce calm and relaxation. At your consultation, Dr. Trejo will thoroughly review your case and recommend what he believes would be best for you.
IV Sedation—Twilight Sedation
At BioDental Care, IV Sedation—a very comfortable sedation option that doesn’t involve a lengthy recovery phase—is our specialty. IV Sedation is also referred to as Twilight Sedation because it causes patients to drift in and out of sleep, relaxed and calm, with no memory of the surgery once it’s over. This type of sedation is administered through an IV in our office and can be reversed at any time with an antidote. It is a safe and very effective way to perform procedures on patients who have anxiety about surgery.
If you have any concerns about an upcoming procedure, please give us a call. We are here to answer any questions you may have and to guarantee the best experience possible.