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Conscious sedation or Anesthesia, conscious
For patients more anxious you are using a piece of equipment sedation machine, allowing the patient to inhale a gas mixture (oxygen and nitrous oxide) that can replace the feeling of anxiety and fear that often accompanies the sitting the dental, with a pleasant feeling of well-being.
This method has been in use for decades in the United States of America, has two important advantages: it is absolutely free of risk, and its effect is limited to the duration of the session. You define conscious, because during the state of sedation, the patient remains all the time awake and responsive, to interact with the dentist without creating this problems of any kind. Thanks to conscious sedation, the specialist dental also a way of work and peace of mind more freely, feeling himself more clear with a patient in the throes of anxiety attacks and nervousness. Conscious sedation, therefore, is a technique that does not harm anyone, but it is useful for everyone, dentist included.
Sedation involves the administration of a mixture of this gas and oxygen through a small nasal mask. Theeffect starts already after the first few breaths: you get a feeling of relaxation and lightness and it is reached a condition of total neglect. During the conscious sedation the fears and the tensions are transformed into a condition of safety; can also be used with a special headset that attenuates the noise of the treatment, and spreads a relaxing music and pleasant. Qthis type of anesthesia is very light and without side effects also decreases the sensitivity of dl to pain, making it less traumatic even the sting of the anesthesia in the mouth. Dafter the session, the patient underwent dental treatment breathed for a few minutes more, pure oxygen, and, as soon as the effect of the gas used for sedation is disappeared completely, you can leave the dental office alone since his physical and mental conditions will be perfectly normal. Lto conscious sedation is also suitable for children, are often reluctant to undergo dental treatment, starting from 6-7 years of age.
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