Sedation Dentistry

There is no getting around the fact that some dental care can be uncomfortable. Some children are not capable of tolerating dental care while some are simply not yet ready. Our objective is to make your child as comfortable as we can while completing their dental treatment. The options that we use for creating comfort are topical anesthetics, local anesthetics, nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and oral sedation. Another option is IV sedation with a highly experienced pediatric anesthesiologist from our pediatric dental anesthesia group partner, Pediatric Dental Anesthesia Associates.

Our pediatric dentists also have medical staff privileges at Advent Health, and this allows the use of general anesthesia in an outpatient setting for those patients whose needs would benefit from this option. You will always have the opportunity to discuss the available options for your child with any of our pediatric dentists.