We live in the digital age: we fly into space, we buy cars with cruise control, we use advanced gadgets. Therefore, you should not be afraid to go to the dentist – after all, medicine has stepped far forward. Doctor Stanislav Vafin talks about modern technologies that make dental procedures comfortable and painless.
In modern dentistry, much attention is paid to the comfort of the patient, his emotional state. Doctors build a treatment plan in such a way as to minimize the number of trips to them, and complex medical interventions are completely carried out in a dream.
The concept of the Swiss Smile clinic is aimed at relieving the patient of the fear of dentistry. The clinic has created an atmosphere that helps guests get rid of the association of “white hospital walls”. It looks more like a boutique or a mini-hotel, the interior of which is decorated with good taste, and the polite staff will always offer a cup of freshly brewed coffee.
Therefore, from the very beginning of the visit, you tune in to positive emotions. In the ideal scenario of a good dental clinic, this is how it should be – from the moment you arrive at the reception and beyond, you should not have a feeling of discomfort.
Medication sleep is an absolutely safe procedure: you fall asleep and at the same time you can breathe on your own, open or close your mouth
It is important to remember that the sooner you start treatment, the easier and more painless the visit to the doctor will be. I recommend overcoming fears and seeking help in time.
Now let’s talk about the healing process. At the Swiss Smile clinic, we use high-precision anesthesia. It is carried out using a computer: through the thinnest needle, as thick as a human hair, an anesthetic is supplied under low pressure.
The intensity of the pressure is chosen so that the human baroreceptors cannot perceive any external influences – so the procedure is completely imperceptible.
After the anesthesia has worked, the doctor can remove tartar, cure caries, or “pass” the channels under the microscope.
If the problem is more serious, we offer patients sleep therapy. This option is especially relevant when a complex medical intervention is required: the removal of one or more teeth, the placement of dental implants or bone augmentation.
In this case, after consultation with the anesthesiologist, a special drug is injected into the patient’s vein, causing a drug-induced sleep. I emphasize that this method cannot be compared with general anesthesia. Medication sleep is an absolutely safe procedure: you fall asleep and at the same time you can breathe on your own, open or close your mouth, and even talk to a doctor. The patient does not experience stress, does not see the treatment process, and after waking up it seems to him that only 5-10 minutes have passed.
The use of precise computer technology reduces the number of necessary visits to the doctor’s office to correct the work done or bring it to the ideal. So, for example, when restoring teeth in the Swiss Smile clinic, digital photographs are taken with a special standard, which allows you to check in the laboratory whether the color of the restoration matches the color of the patient’s teeth. There is no need for a physical fitting.
Now patients who have been afraid of the dentist since childhood can easily endure even complex dental procedures.
About expert
Stanislav Vafin — chief physician of the Swiss dental clinic Swiss Smile, orthopedic dentist, associate professor.