IV Sedation for Root Canals will put your Dental Anxiety at ease

IV Sedation for root canals is offered at Maryland Sedation Dentist. Yes you can get put to sleep for a root canal. No reason to avoid getting your emergency root canal treatment anymore. With IV sedation dentistry you will wake up when it is all done.  Our sedation dentists can use IV sedatives for any dental procedure and root canals under twilight or IV is a popular request.

Typically a root canal and crown takes 3 hours to complete and requires 2-3 dental visits. With sedation dentistry several procedures can be done in one appointment. Most of the time a root canal and crown can be done in one easy sedation appointment while the patient is comfortably sedated.

Sedation Dentistry for a Root Canal and Crown?

There are other options to be considered when doing root canal sedation. Such as whether or not you even need a root canal. For example, if a tooth is inflamed, sensitive and aching, we will take a look to see what is causing the symptoms. For example the tooth may be cracked, have decay or be in a bite that is too heavy. Or the tooth may not even be repairable and you should consider a root canal or implant options. We can diagnose the problem and perform the appropriate treatment. We also have dental ozone which has been shown to calm the tooth down and promote healing. A root canal under sedation should be the last resort.

Should High Anxiety Patients get Root Canals under Sedation?

Any dental procedure can be comfortably done under full IV dental sedation, right? Yes, but what if the treatment is not predictable and does not work? Root Canals are not predictable and sometimes they do not work. Root Canals last on the average 5-10 years and then what? You are going to do another Sleep Dentistry appointment for a Dental Implant? Yes, if you want a tooth. The life expectancy of a dental implant is a lifetime. The point is, the predictability and success rate of a procedure is a bigger factor for patients with high dental anxiety. Most high anxiety patients who need sleep dentistry would rather choose a more predictable procedure than risk sitting through multiple Sedation Dentistry appointments. Not to mention who wants to pay for a Root Canal and then later pay for a dental implant plus 2 rounds of sedation dentistry?

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