Dental Sedation

Some people are so afraid of visiting the dentist that they do without essential treatment and live with severe pain and poor oral health. It’s a problem that affects individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

At Burford Road, we’re committed to offering clients the best possible care and dental services. So to help frightened or nervous patients, we now offer sedation. By opting for sedation, people can reduce their anxiety during dental treatment. If someone you know is too frightened to visit the dentist, why not give them our details?

If you hate going to the dentist or if the sights, smells and sounds of a dental surgery upset you, sedation could be the solution you need. Sedation can be used during simple and complex dental work – and also allows several procedures to be completed in one appointment. This safe and proven approach has helped many patients minimise their nervousness and anxiety when receiving dental treatment. To find out more, simply contact us to arrange an initial meeting with our sedation team. They’ll be happy to talk things through and answer any questions you may have.

Type of Sedation we offer

We always try to help every patient firstly without using sedation. Our dentists all have extensive experience in helping all patients prepare for treatment calmly and confidently by ensuring everyone has time and opportunity to ask questions and seek any reassurance they need. However where our standard approach does not work or is unsuitable and sedation is considered we offer Intravenous sedation.

Intravenous(IV) Sedation

A sedative is introduced usually into the back of the hand, which induces a feeling of deep relaxation and a lack of concern about what’s happening. The second affect is to produce temporary memory loss for the time that the sedative is active, preventing later recall of the events during sedation. Most patients report they have no memory of dental procedures with IV sedation, however IV sedation does not produce ‘sleep’, you will still be able to respond to questions throughout the procedure. Intravenous sedation is not suitable for children.