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Conscious Sedation
Long Beach, California
If you are a person who dislikes visiting the dentist and perhaps feels anxiety or fear about it, we understand that. We offer conscious sedation as a way of helping you to relax and let go of worries. Dr. DuRoss is gentle and highly skilled and would never want you to be in discomfort or pain during your dental work.
What is Conscious Sedation?
Sedatives are drugs that relax a person and give them a sense of calmness. Before any dental work is started you have the option of taking oral medication that will drain off your nervousness and leave you feeling confident and unworried. We offer several different oral sedatives and one is especially beneficial for those who have a strong gag reflex.
We will allow time for the sedative to take effect before we invite you to the dental chair. By the time you are comfortable and settled in Dr. DuRoss’s dental room, your past fears will be gone. He will administer a local anesthetic to numb the area he will be working on, and this will not worry you. If you have had previous dental experiences that instilled fear or anxiety, you will be able to forget them as Dr. DuRoss gently repairs your teeth and gums and improves your dental health.
While you will be sedated, you will not be unconscious. This is not like the general anesthesia used in hospitals for surgery. You will have only a dim sense of your surroundings, but will still be able to hear requests made by Dr. DuRoss or his assistant. They may ask you to turn your head or close your mouth, and you will be able to respond appropriately.
If you have a child who fears dental visits, we can use nitrous oxide (laughing gas) to help them relax. It is administered through a mask and will wear off as soon as the mask is removed. An adult can also choose this form of relaxation.
Advantages of Conscious Sedation
Besides calming your fears, conscious sedation allows you to have more dental procedures done in one visit. If you have delayed your dental care because of a dental “phobia”, and now need considerable repair work done, conscious sedation will keep you relaxed so that Dr. DuRoss can work for longer, work more quickly, and accomplish more in a single visit.
You could have several dental crowns done, for example, and we offer porcelain crowns that will blend in beautifully with your natural teeth. Nobody will know you have any crowns. We also offer gold crowns for back teeth if you would prefer that. Crowns require two visits, since the crown must be custom-made for you in our dental laboratory.
If you need several fillings Dr. DuRoss can do them in one visit. We offer white fillings that, like the porcelain crowns, will match your natural teeth and be unrecognizable as fillings.
Being a cosmetic dentist as well as a general dentist, Dr. DuRoss will have the beauty of your smile in mind as he works. You will be in safe, experienced hands and our staff is friendly and supportive and always ready to answer questions. When you have a clear understanding of the dental treatments being done, that already helps to lower anxiety.
To schedule an initial consultation, please call or email our sedation dentistry office today. We serve the entire area of Long Beach, California and look forward to working with you soon.
(562) 424-8537
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3903 N Virginia Rd
Long Beach, CA 90807
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