Sleep Sedation Dentistry

At NYC Smile Design, we offer advanced sleep sedation dentistry in our Manhattan offices to help patients feel calm and comfortable so they can get the dental treatment they need.

For many patients, going to the dentist is an extremely anxiety producing event. It can even prevent people from having treatment they know they desperately need to keep their mouths healthy or prevent them from taking advantage of the many ways modern cosmetic dentistry can improve their smile and self confidence. Additionally, some patients require a lot of treatment, hat they would prefer to do in as little number of visits as possible and not have any remembrance of the procedure. Sedation Dentistry is a great choice for you if you fit into any of those descriptions or have a similar one like it. The benefits of a beautiful healthy smile can be yours comfortably with little or no remembrance of any procedure with Sedation Dentistry.

Anxiolysis Sedation is the lightest type of sedation. There are several ways to sedate a patient that result in anxiolysis. The first way we achieve anxiolysis sedation in our NYC office is with the use of inhalation nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. Nitrous oxide is a wonderful way to reduce a patient’s anxiety because it is administered by simply breathing it in with the supervision of the dentist and can be quickly reversed when it is time for you to leave. Nitrous oxide induces a relaxed feeling and sends you into a dreamlike state. Once you are relaxed and comfortable, a local anesthetic (such as Novocain) is administered to ensure a comfortable experience.

 For deeper anxiolysis and relaxation, your body is naturally relaxed with all natural medicinals that mimic the natural process of readying the body for sleep. This all natural technology is administered at the start of your appointment and most patients experience deep relaxation within minutes. You will be given noise cancelation headphones, and an MP 3 player with classical music that has neuro-acoustic software that initiates brain waves associated with deep relaxation and calmness. Used together, your brain wave activity changes from high alertness and anxiety to brain waves present during a relaxed pre-sleep state. Because this is an all-natural technology there are no side effects and no recovery time is needed.

Used together, inhalation nitrous oxide, neuro acoustic classical music and the all-natural medicinals, create an even more relaxing experience for our patients.  We start by administering the all natural medicinal and neuro-accoustic classical music, once they have began to take effect, nitrous oxide is administered. This process is completely reversible and you will leave feeling refreshed as if you have had  a good nap.