Dental Sedation Candidates

Candidates for dental sedation Highlands Ranch Colorado

Many Highlands Ranch dental patients have a strong aversion to the dentist and dental treatment in general. It appears that dental anxiety is the most likely culprit for these delays.  When you delay treatment simple problems can, it time, become major dental problems with significant consequences. With the popularization of sedation dentistry, we can offer you treatment designed to reduce your fear of dental treatment. With sedation dentistry we are able of treat larger number of teeth and hopefully get more treatment done in one visit.  The choice is yours.  Please feel free to contact our office and discuss with Dr's DeLapp your barriers to treatment. Denver dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp serve patients in the Highlands Ranch, Denver Tech, Greenwood Village, Castle Pines, Parker, Lone Tree, Ken Caryl and Centennial Colorado.

Indications for sedation dentistry Highlands Ranch Dentistry

Indications for sedation dentistry include but are not limited to:

• Mild dental anxiety
• Moderate dental anxiety
• Severe dental anxiety (most likely hospital anesthesia case)
• Difficulty getting numb
• History of difficult dental procedures
• Difficulty controlling movements (cerebral palsy or Parkinson's disease etc.)
• Complex dental treatment
• Fear of needles
• Fear of the "drill"

There are several method used for sedation dentistry including but not limited to:

• Visualization or talking a patient thru a difficult procedure.
• Profound local anesthesia (getting profoundly numb goes a long ways)
• Local anesthesia combined with Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
• Oral Pre-medication (halcion or similar sedative) and local anesthesia
• I.V. sedation with nurse anesthetist and local anesthesia
• General anesthesia in a hospital setting

• Medical history (ASA)
• Past poor experiences with anesthesia or sedation
• Certain Medicines you may be taking
• Allergy to the sedative drug