• Patients with high dental anxiety and fear often exhibit behaviors that delay treatment or make it difficult to provide. They may wiggle and squirm and ask questions during treatment that compromise a dry field. They often require a tremendous amount of reassurance. With OCS these patients will become your easiest patients to treat because they are no longer afraid, but relaxed and comfortable. And since OCS produces anterograde amnesic effect, the patients seldom remember much about the procedure. Their anxiety often falls to a very low level and they become much like your most relaxed patient opms black.
  • Patients with a severe gag reflex. Relaxing the gag reflex can make the dental experience comfortable for both patient and practitioner. The patient no longer needs to worry about the pending sensation and the dentists can work without worry of sudden jerking movements.
  • Time constraints—those who need to get more dentistry done in fewer visits. In today’s world busy executives and everyday people alike cannot afford to take repeated time off to have the dentistry they want completed. Sedation allows them to have it completed in fewer visits, opening the door to the smile they’ve always wanted.
  • Existing patients who have put off needed treatment, or who abandoned treatment plans. A huge percentage of patients who come in for prophylaxis have often put off routine treatment for decades. The simple reason behind it: they are secretly anxious. Although they will sometimes come in for hygiene appointments, they stop when it comes to more extensive treatment because they are afraid. When they discover that they can have their dentistry performed while they are sedated—without the use of an IV needle—people become much more likely to complete their treatment plans.
  • Patients who suffer from acute or chronic jaw soreness. Patients who have difficulty remaining open for long periods of time will find sedation a relief. The muscle relaxation properties of sedation medications can make longer appointments possible. By using Oral Conscious Sedation in combination with frequent resting times, extensive treatment completed in one visit comfortably and patients experience little to no jaw soreness post-operatively.
  • Patients who complain that they can’t get numb. A small percentage of patients do have difficulty getting numb. Oral Conscious Sedation helps these patients experience a comfortable dental visit.
  • Patients with physical limitations such as back or neck problems. OCS helps to relax patients who may have chronic back or neck problems allowing them to comfortably sit in the chair for lengthy procedures. Sedation dentists report that these patients experience little or no post-operative back or neck soreness.
  • Patients with extensive treatment needs often delay care overwhelmed by the enormity of the work to be done. Sedation dentistry can make what may seem like a great deal of treatment, feel like a few short visits.