Most patients who have problems with their teeth put off visiting the doctor until the last moment because they fear pain. There is also a category of people who develop a real phobia and flatly refuse to see a doctor, even during periods of acute pain.
But today, thanks to modern technology, there is no need to fear dentists. As soon as you step into our clinic, you will feel no discomfort during treatment, because we take care of every patient with an individual approach.
One such popular method of dental treatment is sedation (induced sleep), thanks to which the patient is in a relaxed state and feels no pain.
When medication-induced sleep is used
In most cases, dental treatment is carried out using local anaesthesia, but there are also cases where medication-induced sleep is required. These include:
the patient’s individual fears and dental phobia;
a very low pain threshold and high sensitivity to pain;
an allergy to local anaesthesia;
lengthy treatment involving the extraction of several teeth or implantation.
The difference between medication-induced sleep and general anaesthesia
Although the two technologies provide the same pain-relief effect, medication-induced sleep differs significantly from general anaesthesia. To put a person into a sleep state, drugs are used that do not cause side effects such as nausea, headache and dizziness. As a result, medication-induced sleep has practically no contraindications and is completely harmless to the body.
Preparing for medication-induced sleep
Preparation for the procedure requires the patient to refrain from food for the last 4 hours; it is also forbidden to consume strong tea, coffee or alcohol the day before.
This procedure can even be used for patients who have previously had a heart attack or suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Medication-induced sleep is contraindicated only for pregnant women.
