{"id":12281,"date":"2016-04-25T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drmaggiedavis.com\/?p=12281"},"modified":"2016-04-25T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T12:00:29","slug":"is-anesthesia-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drmaggiedavis.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/is-anesthesia-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Anesthesia Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouthhealthy.org\/en\/az-topics\/a\/anesthesia-and-sedation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several medications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are available to help create more relaxed, comfortable dental visits. Some drugs control pain, some help you relax, and others put you into a deep sleep during dental treatment. You and your dentist can discuss a number of factors when deciding which to use for treatment.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your dentist might recommend that your child be administered anesthesia or sedation to relax them in order to safely complete some dental procedures. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local anesthesia is a type of anesthetic used to prevent pain in a specific area of your mouth during treatment by locking the nerves that sense or transmit pain, which numbs mouth tissues. Your dentist may apply a topical anesthetic to numb an area in preparation for administering an injectable local anesthetic. Topical anesthetics also may be used to soothe painful mouth sores. Injectable anesthetics may be used in such procedures as filling cavities, preparing teeth for crowns, or treating gum disease. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some dental visits, your dentist may use a sedative, which can induce moderate sedation. Sedatives can be administered before or during dental procedures. Sedation methods include inhalation (using nitrous oxide), oral (by taking a pill) and intravenous (by injection). More complex treatments may require drugs that can induce deep sedation, reducing consciousness in order to relieve both pain and anxiety. On occasion, general anesthesia can be used, in which drugs cause a temporary loss of consciousness.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dentists use the pain and anxiety control techniques mentioned above to treat millions of patients safely every year. Even so, taking any medication involves a certain amount of risk. That&#8217;s why the ADA urges you to take an active role in your oral health care. This means understanding the risks and benefits involved in dental treatment, so that you and your dentist can make the best decisions about the treatment that is right for you. Working together, you and your dentist can choose the appropriate steps to make your dental visit as safe and comfortable as possible, and to help you keep a healthy smile.<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several medications are available to help create more relaxed, comfortable dental visits. Some drugs control pain, some help you relax, and others put you into a deep sleep during dental treatment. You and your dentist can discuss a number of factors when deciding which to use for treatment. Your dentist might recommend that your child be administered anesthesia or sedation to relax them in order to safely complete some dental procedures. 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