PAIN FREE DENTISTRY OPTIONS

What is pain free dentistry?

One of the most common reasons people hesitate to go to the dentist is because of fear of pain. Pain - free dentistry involves use of different anesthetics and sedatives to help alleviate pain,discomfort, fear and anxiety during the treatment. This includes local anesthesia or oral sedation or nitrous oxide. Avoiding treatment is not an option as it worsens the oral health.

PAINLESS TECHNIQUES INVOLVES-

  • ##LOCAL ANESTHESIA

 Local anesthesia is  commonly used to numb the localised  or specific area in your mouth during the procedure.  We use fine needles which cause almost zero pain to the patient. Local anesthesia is very important as it blocks the nerve from sending pain signals to the brain,relaxing patients and relieving anxiety during the patient. We use topical anesthesia as well to reduce needle pain as much as possible.

Materials prarachan dental uses-

  • Single use hypodermic syringe(fine needles)
  • Septodont needles(finest needle)
  • Anesthetic spray (to relieve pain before anesthetizing)
  • Septodont jelly (before injecting anesthesia to avoid injection pain)
  • Local anesthesia jelly ( before injecting anesthesia to avoid injection pain)

  • ORAL SEDATION -

Oral sedation is commonly used in dentistry to avoid fear and anxiety . It often involves various types of medications like benzodiazepines which can reduce anxiety before undergoing the procedure.

  • INTRAVENOUS SEDATION -

It involves injecting  sedative medications in the patient’s veins. It is the form of conscious sedation that reduces anxiety and fear and makes patients less aware about the treatment.

  • NITROUS OXIDE -

It is often known as laughing gas , which helps to reduce anxiety and fear before the dental procedure. This gas is colourless and odourless ,inhaled through a mask which rapidly relieves anxiety .

PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRE PAIN FREE TECHNIQUE-

  • IMPLANT SURGERY - Sedation is very important in implant surgery to avoid  pain during the surgery because dental implants  help restore your bite and smile.

  • WISDOM TOOTH REMOVAL(THIRD MOLAR SURGERY) -

Third molars are the last tooth to erupt in the oral cavity .

Their emergence is often weird, they  tend to grow in weird angles and sometimes get stuck underneath the gums because of less space as they are the last tooth .

So sedation makes it easy for the patient to get it extracted without pain.

  • JAW SURGERY -

        Some patients may require jaw surgery due to protrusion or extrusion of their jaw or for the surgery of maligned jaw.In such cases, sedation is important as it helps the patient to relax and clinician to work with ease.

  • ROOT CANAL TREATMENT -

Root canal treatment is the procedure done to save your teeth from extraction. It provides new life to your teeth and sedation is very important if the patient is in pain to avoid the discomfort during the procedure.

BENEFITS OF PAIN- FREE DENTISTRY -

  • REDUCED ANXIETY AND FEAR -

It is the top benefit of pain free dentistry as it relaxes patients and allows clinician to work easily, effectively and efficiently.

  • IMPROVED PATIENT EXPERIENCE -

Overall you will have a good experience with your clinician because anxiety triggers stress hormones that can lower your threshold of pain.

  •   LESS INVASIVE PROCEDURE -

Procedures like RCT, implants ,extraction etc are believed to  be painful but with sedation these procedures become easy and comfortable.

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