Dr. Joel L. Schaffer Blog

For some people, visiting the dentist can be a nerve-wracking and even fearful experience. Many of these people who don’t like the dentist will do anything they can to avoid going. This can lead to serious oral health and general health problems. Because Dr. Schaffer and Dr. Stangl wants you to visit them to keep your smile beautiful and healthy, his practice offers sedation dentistry if you are nervous about dental work.

Sedation Dentistry Options
The doctors offer both oral sedation dentistry and nitrous oxide, which calms patients so they can relax. Oral sedation entails giving sedation dentistry patients an oral sedative one hour before they are to have their dental procedure. You are not completely asleep with sedation dentistry, but you are extremely relaxed. You may even nod out once in a while. However, you are aware enough to follow doctor’s instructions.

Nitrous oxide is the most common way Dr. Schaffer gets his patients to relax. It is widely known as laughing gas, and works by being administered through a mask placed over your mouth and nose. As with oral sedation, you will still be able to follow Dr. Schaffer’s instructions.

Both general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry patients can benefit from sedation dentistry. Procedures that might take several appointments can be done in one sitting without anxiety and pain associated with dental phobia.

If you feel you or a family member may benefit from sedation dentistry, please contact experienced Boulder, Colorado area sedation dentist Dr. Joel Schaffer today. Dr. Schaffer has been voted Boulders least scary dentist.