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Monday, December 2, 2013

Helping Your Child Relax on the Dental Chair

If you have a child who needs dental treatment, you may be a bit frustrated at them defiantly refusing to go. In a strange sense, you were probably that kind of child when you were growing up, too. However, whether they like it or not, a visit to the dentist is essential to preserving their oral health. How, then, can you convince them to go without letting them see the procedures the dentist is performing on them?
One way to do that will be through sedation dentistry, or the use of non-invasive measures to temporarily relax the patient before a procedure is carried out. Sedation dentistry requires extensive training to gain full mastery of and avoid problems down the line. Several states also require licensing examinations for aspiring sedation dentistry practitioners, especially those on the pediatric circuit.

It is important that the child should not eat at least two hours before the appointment. During the initial consultation, the dentist will check if the child is on any medication or if he is having breathing problems. If the child has no difficulty breathing, the dentist will mostly use nitrous oxide to relax him; the gas has a sweet aroma and can help increase the child’s pain threshold. All the child needs to do is to follow the dentist’s instructions. 

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