It is very common to experience significant anxiety or fear before a dental visit, whether it’s for a routine check-up or a major procedure. For those suffering from severe dental anxiety, help is available. This ranges from lighter sedation to full sedation dentistry where you, as a patient, are asleep throughout the entire treatment.
Few clinics today offer sedation dentistry. It requires specialist knowledge and an anesthesiologist on site to perform. We provide sedation dentistry in Malmö with experienced specialists. Our goal is for you, as a patient coming to us for treatment, to feel completely calm and secure. At TandCity, we always consider the patient’s wishes and adapt the treatment so that you can feel completely comfortable.
Sedation, a lighter form of sedation dentistry
Sedation means you receive a relaxing medication before your treatment. Sedation is an alternative to being put to sleep and is sometimes referred to as light anesthesia. You are not unconscious during sedation, but you feel relaxed and calm. The medications effectively remove nervousness and fear, and after the treatment, you often only have a vague memory of the procedure.
Sedation, like full general anesthesia, is a good option for patients who feel great anxiety about going to the dentist. It is also a treatment option to help patients take the first step towards dental treatment, and the hope is always that, in the long term, it can help the patient completely overcome their dental anxiety. Many times, it is ultimately enough to find the right dentist and clinic where one feels understood and listened to. At TandCity, we work calmly and methodically in a safe environment.
Practical Information about Sedation Dentistry at TandCity
Before sedation, you must complete a health declaration. The health declaration is assessed by an anesthesiologist, and sometimes additional information may be needed to make a correct assessment of whether you are a suitable patient. It should be remembered that full general anesthesia always involves certain risks, which is why we often recommend that our dental-anxious patients first try treatment with sedation in the form of tranquilizers.
More information about sedation dentistry, such as the procedure, rules regarding fasting, medication control, and so on, can be found here.
Sedation Dentistry – Price and Contact
Do you suffer from significant discomfort before or during dental visits and are interested in treatments that can help you overcome your dental anxiety? Then TandCity is the right clinic for you. Please inform us before your visit if you are anxious or find going to the dentist very uncomfortable. We do everything we can to make you feel safe and secure when you visit us. Contact us also for information on the price of sedation dentistry. A warm welcome to us at TandCity, your dentist in Malmö.
Other Measures Taken for a Dental-Anxious Patient
Dental anxiety sounds very dramatic but simply means a greater or lesser discomfort in connection with dental visits. Often, this feeling is due to something you have experienced previously.
Perhaps it all stems from a childhood experience? There are also dentists who specialize in treating patients with dental anxiety in Malmö and who understand the importance of adapting the treatment to the individual’s needs.
Methodology and Calmness
For the vast majority of patients with dental anxiety, the problems stem from a lack of control. From not knowing what is happening. A good and methodical way to address the stress is to guide the patient through the treatment. It is common for the dentist to begin by describing the entire process, from start to finish. Once the treatment has begun, the patient is continuously informed about each new step. The pace is always calm.
Patient Empowerment
Again, the focus is on control and the patient in question. There is always an opportunity for anyone experiencing fear, pain, or discomfort to pause the treatment so that the feeling in question can subside. Professional and service-oriented dental care takes time; the most important thing is that the fear does not worsen.
Tranquilizers
Primarily, pedagogical or methodical approaches are always chosen when treating a patient with dental anxiety. However, in some cases, the patient has more difficulty managing the situation, and then tranquilizers in the form of Benzodiazepine are a good alternative. Thanks to this, anxiety is reduced, while muscles become more relaxed, without the patient falling asleep.
