Children are more susceptible to suffer from dental phobia than the adults. However, there are a good number of adult patients who suffer from it, but the number of child cases is quite high. The fear of dentists, dental procedures and even sitting in a dentist’s chair can trigger dental phobia in the people. Children become a sufferer of this phobia.
Sleep dentistry is that part of professional dentistry that offers sedatives and other forms of sedation to help a patient sleep through or stay in mild consciousness throughout his or her dental procedure. There are different types of sedation used for this purpose. Some children are extremely dental phobic and require complete sedation with the use of deep sedation methods. They might also need general anesthetic in some cases.
The use of sedatives and IV sedation is closed monitored by the law of the land. The incorrect or over dosage of the sedatives, general anesthetic etc can cause serious harm to the patient. Therefore, only certified nurse and practitioners can offer deep sedation or sleep dentistry at a doctor’s clinic. They need to be equipped with hospital standard of equipment and devices to ensure that sleep dentistry products are carefully administered.
