Sedation Dentistry
Dr. Anderson offers several types of sedation for his patients - nitrous oxide, conscious sedation or intravenous sedation. Nitrous oxide involves placing a mask over the patient's nose so that they may breath in the nitrous oxide. The patient feels relaxed, but is still able to converse with Dr. Anderson and may return to normal activities immediately after the dental treatment.
Conscious sedation is a deeper type of sedation involving an oral sedative that is taken in our office one hour prior to treatment. Nitrous oxide is also administered while the patient is being treated. This type of sedation is amnestic, meaning that you will not remember most of the procedure.
Intravenous sedation is the deepest type of sedation that we offer in our office and is administered to the patient by intravenous delivery. This type of sedation is delivered by an anesthesiologist in our office.