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Who is anesthetized dental treatment suitable for?
All teeth at once, quickly, painlessly, under anesthesia – there are a lot of similar advertisements today. Dentistry under anesthesia is becoming more and more popular and even fashionable. Indeed, for many, this option for dental treatment is attractive, because it obviously saves a lot of time. But the most important thing is that during treatment under anesthesia, the factor of pain, fear, and negative emotions is completely absent. For those who are ready to faint with only one kind of dental chair, this option seems just perfect.
But it is necessary to understand that anesthesia is essentially a shutdown of consciousness, a complete loss of sensitivity, a deep failure into unconsciousness. This is a serious medical manipulation that requires certain equipment, an inpatient ward, and a regime for monitoring the patient after treatment. The drugs are selected with extreme care and can be excreted from the body for a long time.
In the vast majority of cases, dental treatment does not require anesthesia, but sedation.
What is sedation and how it differs from anesthesia
By immersing the patient in a sedative state, the doctor essentially puts him to sleep. The degree and time of sedation is regulated, the patient retains all reflexes, and his body does not experience the effects of the drug. After manipulations in a sedative state, the patient quickly wakes up, spends about half an hour in the clinic and can go home. All substances that were used to induce sleep are eliminated from the body within a few hours. Unlike anesthesia, sedation is absolutely safe, it does not provoke addiction, does not affect the body… After this treatment, the patient feels rested, as if after a good sleep.