Sedation for nervous dental patients

K2 Dental have agreed a deal with Sedation Solutions to provide sedation services for nervous patients.

What is conscious sedation?

Conscious sedation is the safe and effective administration of drugs that safely relieve anxiety, increase relaxation, make the patient comfortable and reduce pain. Many procedures can be performed safely, efficiently and cost effectively using conscious sedation.

Goals of conscious sedation and analgesia

• Maximise the patient’s safety
• Minimise discomfort and anxiety
• Maximise success of the procedure
• Minimise recovery time
• Maximise cost effectiveness of the treatment

Benefits of sedation

• Comfortable, practical and convenient for the patient and the surgeon
• Safe due to lower levels of medication administered
• Time saving due to the quick recovery and no need for hospital admission
• Economical since no hospital stay, less side effects, and minimal time off work
• Recovery after sedation is much faster than with general anaesthesia

Conscious sedation is probably the fastest growing area in anaesthesia care, and has become a very effective viable alternative to general anaesthesia for many surgical procedures. The patient will come in on the day of surgery and leave the same day usually within one hour after the operation. In addition, there is a significantly lower incidence of side effects with conscious sedation and the costs for conscious sedation are much lower than general anaesthesia.

Patient satisfaction is very high after conscious sedation – a recent survey of the experiences and satisfaction of patients show that 99.5% of patients would take sedation again. Conscious sedation is achieved with intravenous agents (e.g. benzodiazepines, opiates, other sedative/anaesthetics) usually administered into a vein.

We do not depend on the dental practice providing anything – we bring into the surgery all the necessary sedation and clinical monitoring equipment.

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