Who can benefit from Sleep Dentistry?
If you feel anxious about dental visits, or often gag during treatment, it can help by letting you avoid the discomfort that contributes to anxiety and stress.
Even if you don’t’ feel that anxious, but just don’t have time for many dental visits, Sleep Dentistry provides the benefit of completing more procedures in each session. This means that extensive or complex dental treatment can be completed with fewer visits.
Sleep Dentistry is ideal for people who have been avoiding or delaying going to the dentist or finishing the treatment they need because:
What if I am afraid of needles?
Fear of needles is not uncommon. Dr. Chow can give your child an anesthetic gas through a mask and/or an oral sedative; he/she will be asleep before the IV needle is placed. Unfortunately this method is not suitable for adults.
Do children benefit from Sleep Dentistry?
If your child requires extensive treatment, Sleep Dentistry can allow more treatment to be done in one session. This means fewer visits to the dentist.
If your child is frightened, or has difficulty at the dentist, Sleep Dentistry can help them receive quality dental care while avoiding the sensations and discomfort that contribute to anxiety and stress.
If you feel anxious about dental visits, or often gag during treatment, it can help by letting you avoid the discomfort that contributes to anxiety and stress.
Even if you don’t’ feel that anxious, but just don’t have time for many dental visits, Sleep Dentistry provides the benefit of completing more procedures in each session. This means that extensive or complex dental treatment can be completed with fewer visits.
Sleep Dentistry is ideal for people who have been avoiding or delaying going to the dentist or finishing the treatment they need because:
- Local anesthetic (freezing) isn’t effective
- Pain concerns
- Full mouth restoration for kids and adults of Special Needs
- Gagging during treatment
- Sense of not being able to breathe well during treatment
- Claustrophobia
- Difficult keeping mouth open or staying still
What if I am afraid of needles?
Fear of needles is not uncommon. Dr. Chow can give your child an anesthetic gas through a mask and/or an oral sedative; he/she will be asleep before the IV needle is placed. Unfortunately this method is not suitable for adults.
Do children benefit from Sleep Dentistry?
If your child requires extensive treatment, Sleep Dentistry can allow more treatment to be done in one session. This means fewer visits to the dentist.
If your child is frightened, or has difficulty at the dentist, Sleep Dentistry can help them receive quality dental care while avoiding the sensations and discomfort that contribute to anxiety and stress.