"I slept through the whole visit and I don't remember anything. Wow!"
Our aim is to completely relax our patients while they are in our office, as your dental visit should be a restorative time for mind, body and spirit. If you don’t feel comfortable during treatment, talk to us about ways to help you relax. Modern preventive
techniques, advances in anesthesia, nitrous oxide and many new relaxation techniques allow our patients to leave our office feeling better than when they arrived!
Nitrous Oxide
Dr. Melissa offers Inhalation Sedation (Nitrous Oxide Gas), often referred to as "laughing gas", as an effective anesthetic that has many benefits for patients seeking dental treatment.
Nitrous Oxide is a very safe way to provide mild sedation for a patient that has trouble sitting still or just wants to "take the edge-off" of treatment. It does not replace traditional local anesthetics to numb your mouth. The laughing gas is administered
through a special nosepiece and is very comfortable. One of the advantages of using laughing gas is you can drive to and from your appointments. There are NO residual effects from the gas; once we turn it off, within 5 minutes it is completely out of
your system. The only patient that would not be able to use laughing gas would be a patient that has COPD and uses supplemental oxygen daily or someone who could not breath through their nose. Laughing gas is most commonly used to help children relax
in our office but we have many adults that find it very helpful. Please ask us if you have any questions about laughing gas.
Oral Sedation
Dr. Melissa Jarrell offers stress-free dentistry through a range of sedation options. You’ll know that the dental work was done, but have little memory of how it happened. Oral Sedation refers to a mild to moderate type of sedation administered with a
tiny “sleeping pill” in your mouth. We normally prescribe a prescription drug called Halcion or Ambien. When it is prescribed in the dental office and combined with laughing gas it has an amnesia effect with most people and commonly our patients sleep
through the procedure.
You will be amazed at how much dental work can be accomplished while you are sedated. Dr. Jarrell can restore years of neglect in just one or two visits. She can replace broken crowns, fix bridges, repair chipped teeth, heal painful gums, and whiten discolored
teeth and more. It will go so quickly, even the busiest schedule can accommodate the work you need done.