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Sleep Dentist

Are you one of the thousands of people who become stressed at the idea of having to go to the dentist for a simple cleaning or worse yet have an anxiety attack at the thought of a filling or other major dental procedure? If you are then you may want to find a sleep dentist who understands your predicament and can help you by using a variety of sedatives to relax you both before your visit and then to put you to sleep when you are in his chair having your dental work taken care of. One of the biggest advantages of visiting a sleep dentist is that since you will be asleep for the entire procedure you will feel no pain nor will you have to deal with your anxieties during the procedure. Of course by the same token neither will your dentist. As you will be completely unconscious you will be incapable of creating any type problem for him while he is working. Many patients that suffer from anxiety can make the simplest cleaning turn into a complete nightmare for the dentist and take far longer than scheduled. There are many procedures that require the use of sedation and a qualified sleep dentist in order for them to be performed.

These procedures can include but are not limited to tooth extractions, root canals and the insertion of prosthetic teeth. The level of pain for these procedures can be high enough that even the most relaxed patients are still going to need to be fully sedated before the procedure can be undertaken. What many people do not realize is that the sleep dentist they will see today is not much different from the very first dentists who used an anesthetic to take care of their patients. In fact the field of dentistry is one of the first medical fields to make use of dentistry. Sedation dentistry as it is today is a relatively new field and has begun to become more popular as the available sedatives have become more effective and controllable. There are several different types of sedatives used by the modern sleep dentist.

The most common for many years has been Nitrous Oxide, however in recent years IV infusions have become far more popular. For those who afraid of needles there are sedatives in pill form that are equally effective, the main difference is that they tend to take longer to take effect and have longer recovery times. When you visit your Westlake Village CA dentist you will find that he is a fully trained and certified sleep dentist. His mission is to make sure that you are fully relaxed before and during your dental procedure. Dr. Hever is a fully certified sedation dentist and uses the latest in monitoring and safety equipment to make sure that your trip to the dentist is not one that is filled with apprehension, but will leave you feeling relaxed and no longer afraid of going to see your dentist for a simple cleaning or a major dental procedure.