At Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark, we encounter many nervous dental patients. ‘Nervous’ is an understatement in some cases—especially patients who are having a dental emergency. Patients who come in with a tooth injury are already experiencing pain. If they have dental anxiety or dental phobia in addition to the injury,…
Sedation dentistry
Relieving Your Dental Anxiety
Categories: General dentistry, Sedation dentistry
Millions of Americans cope with dental anxiety and phobia. In some people it gets so severe they avoid the dentist until they have some sort of issue where the pain outweighs their fears. As we know at Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark, even in those cases, such patients only get through…
Is Sedation Dentistry Safe?
Categories: Dental anxiety, Sedation dentistry
When any of us at Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark discuss sedation dentistry with new patients, we usually encounter misconceptions. The purpose of this article is to de-bunk some of the most common myths. Myth #1: With Sedation Dentistry, You Are Completely Unconscious Some nervous dental patients are not only afraid of…
