Oral Sedation

Oral sedation dentistry is a medical procedure involving the administration of oral sedative medication, generally to facilitate a dental procedure and reduce patients’ fear and anxiety related to the experience. Drugs which can be used for sedation include diazepam, triazolam, zaleplon, lorazepam and hydroxyxine.

You will be prescribed a pill to take one hour prior to your scheduled dental visit. It is imperative that you have an escort with you at your dental appointment as you will be feeling drowsy and relaxed. Local anesthetics will be administered prior to your procedure. Because you are so relaxed and because of the use of painless injection techniques, you will probably not remember when your teeth were actually being “numbed”. After the completion of your dental treatment, we advise you to go home and sleep off the effects of the medication.

You should not operate a motor vehicle for 24 hours after receiving oral conscious sedation.