Let's be honest about it: no one truly likes the sight of a needle, no matter the circumstances. For many, the memory of a needle is directly associated with getting a tetanus shot as a child, or having one's blood drawn, and being forced to watch it fill up tiny plastic bottles. Whatever the interaction you had last with a needle, chances are what you were so afraid of in sight, was not as bad once it happened, but that doesn't really matter. The idea of pain is always going to exist no matter how many times you watch a slender needle go in. Yet, there are some instances where one will find that a needle can actually lead to stopping pain, to getting painkillers into your system. This can be done in a variety of ways, but in many instances, the case in point is an anesthesia, and it will be sedation dentistry that introduces you.
For years, many had to rely on either receiving no form of pain killing treatment, or they focused on numbing creams and numbing shots. Again, needles causing pain.
Now, both of the latter numbing methods are still widely used today. They can be very responsive and often are the best model of pain killing that is covered by one's insurance.
Unfortunately, it is still not as helpful an aid as sedation is when you think over what happens through out the course of oral surgery.
While undergoing surgery of most any kind inside a dentist's office, one generally will run into the same familiar routine. They will first be propped up into a chair that is more plastic than comfort, be flashed with a bright light, and then asked to hold open their mouths for hours, just trying to force while not using one's lips, and all the while in pain.
Now, do not think that on the doctor's end anything is in any way better. The dentist is putting up with a patient's continually shutting lips, the draining of saliva out of their workspace, and keeping the patient calm while performing a very difficult surgery in a very cramped and precarious location on the body.
By no measure can this possibly be what the dentist or the patient truly had in mind to spend their time. And so, sedation dentistry comes in for the rescue, because after all, what could be better than dozing off during a surgery and not having to worry about being uncomfortable? And, for the doctor, how could one resist not having to make small talk, and having not to deal with the human reaction to pain with all the squirming that can throw off the rhythm they are working to get going.
And so, as long as the recommendation for sedation dentistry comes through from a doctor, and your insurance is willing to cover it, we say there is next to no reason to give it a true test.
For years, many had to rely on either receiving no form of pain killing treatment, or they focused on numbing creams and numbing shots. Again, needles causing pain.
Now, both of the latter numbing methods are still widely used today. They can be very responsive and often are the best model of pain killing that is covered by one's insurance.
Unfortunately, it is still not as helpful an aid as sedation is when you think over what happens through out the course of oral surgery.
While undergoing surgery of most any kind inside a dentist's office, one generally will run into the same familiar routine. They will first be propped up into a chair that is more plastic than comfort, be flashed with a bright light, and then asked to hold open their mouths for hours, just trying to force while not using one's lips, and all the while in pain.
Now, do not think that on the doctor's end anything is in any way better. The dentist is putting up with a patient's continually shutting lips, the draining of saliva out of their workspace, and keeping the patient calm while performing a very difficult surgery in a very cramped and precarious location on the body.
By no measure can this possibly be what the dentist or the patient truly had in mind to spend their time. And so, sedation dentistry comes in for the rescue, because after all, what could be better than dozing off during a surgery and not having to worry about being uncomfortable? And, for the doctor, how could one resist not having to make small talk, and having not to deal with the human reaction to pain with all the squirming that can throw off the rhythm they are working to get going.
And so, as long as the recommendation for sedation dentistry comes through from a doctor, and your insurance is willing to cover it, we say there is next to no reason to give it a true test.
About the Author:
I'm a dental assistant specializing in pediatric sedation dentistry with over 15 years of of experience in the field.
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