Anxiety is defined as a feeling of vague and unpleasant apprehension with the belief that something undesirable, uncontrollable or unpredictable is about to happen.
Dental anxiety is associated with the environment, dental, sounds and smells of the office, fear of injections, negative experiences, behavior learned in childhood, the phobia of the dentist is the strongest of this fear. Phobias dental extreme persist in approximately 10% of the population, which is why 50% of these patients avoid an appointment with the dentist.
Dental anxiety not only affects the patient but also to the dentist, to control the anxiety, the doctor may be relieved of the additional stress and the treatment is completed more efficiently.
The management of these patients are psychotherapeutic interventions, good communication, relaxation, therapy, conductive-behavioral, pharmacological treatment when the above are ineffective, some drugs used are the following:
1. Sedation.
One or more drugs that depress the central nervous system to reduce the consciousness of the patient and inducing relaxation, in the sedation consent the patient should retain the ability to maintain a patent airway for respiration and cardiovascular function.
2. Benzodiazepines.
Oral sedation is used for the minimum sedation and moderate, does not have analgesic properties and require local anesthesia before the treatment.
Oral sedation can be very useful in children under the age of 12 years, the indications for use vary in type and amount of drug administered.
3. Intravenous (iv) sedation.
It can be used to achieve conscious sedation, moderate, requires advanced training and handling of insurance emergency. It achieves a quicker onset of action and higher levels of efficiency in comparison with oral sedation and inhalation.
All sedation involves risks and requires advanced training to use these techniques safely.
If you're wondering where you can receive this type of treatment of safe and professional manner, look no further because in Esthetic Dental Center we have specialists in sedation for dental treatments; one more factor that makes us the best dentists in Qro.
