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Dental anxiety is a challenge shared by millions of people across the country and is one reason so many people avoid seeing a dentist regularly. For some, the sights and sounds of the dental office are enough to make them feel uneasy. Others have had bad dental experiences, making them fearful of future dental visits. At Nashville Restorative Dentistry in Franklin, Tennessee, we offer a practical solution to ease dental anxiety through sedation dentistry.
Drs. Ryan Jones and Caleb Estes can use sedation to help relieve dental anxiety and fear so you can have stress-free dental visits. Our overall goal is to promote healthy teeth and mouths with less stress! Our sedation options include nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for mild treatments, oral conscious sedation for more extensive treatments, and general anesthesia with our Dental Anesthesia partner NOBA for special needs patients or patients with extreme phobias. Your comfort is important to us. Through sedation dentistry, you can look forward to a relaxing, positive dental experience every time you visit. With less anxiety and fear, you’ll be able to receive the care you need to keep your smile strong, beautiful, and healthy.
Here’s how sedation dentistry can benefit you:
Sedation dentistry relieves the stress and tension people feel about going to the dentist, giving them a greater incentive to schedule routine treatments rather than avoid preventative care. Routine exams and dental cleanings are key to maintaining good oral health. Sedation dentistry replaces fear with peace and calmness, providing patients with quality dental care without stress.
In addition to helping you relax, sedation dentistry can help manage discomfort and pain during your procedure, making your experience less traumatic. Depending on your treatment, our dentists may use a local anesthetic and sedation to ensure you feel no pain throughout your procedure.
When you are relaxed, we can accomplish more work in less time, which helps streamline your treatment. We can even combine procedures in one visit depending on your treatment plan, so you don’t have to schedule extra appointments. Sedation dentistry makes it easier to have lengthy appointments and accomplish more in fewer appointments since you’ll be calm and more easily cooperative throughout your time in the dental chair.
Sedation dentistry can encourage you to see your dentist more frequently, which will dramatically improve your oral health and reduce your ongoing needs and treatment costs. Through routine dental visits, Drs. Jones and Estes can detect problems more quickly and address them before they become major issues. We can also prevent problems from occurring to save you money on costly treatments later.
If dental fear is keeping you from getting quality dental care, whether it be preventative or major, contact our team at Nashville Restorative Dentistry in Franklin, TN, at (615) 640-8494 today to learn more about your sedation dentistry options. We look forward to having you join our patient family! Â
You shouldn’t have to worry about your mouth or let unpleasant past dental experiences prevent you from living the life you want.
Issue: Two badly infected and broken upper front teeth as well as poor alignment of his teeth overall.
Solution: Through a process involving extractions, bone grafting, and braces we were able to achieve a healthy, infection free point which allowed dental implants to be placed and utilized to replace the two missing front teeth.