Dental Implants: There’s nothing left to fear

Fear of the dentist and dental procedures (especially those involving the dreaded drill!) is nothing new and many people – both children and adults – suffer from some form of dental anxiety or fear.

One root of this fear, particularly in adults, is a bad experience as a child. Dental students and professionals today, however, are taught how to deal with nervous patients and will always talk you through the procedure and make you feel at ease.

The dental drill: the bark is worse than the bite!

Many dental procedures involve the use of a drill, and the mere noise is enough to make some people sweat. Even procedures that use local anaesthetic such as dental implants can still leave patients filling anxious, purely because of the noise as the dentist gets to work with the drill.

For patients who suffer from dental anxiety or fear during a dental implant procedure, other devices are commonly used in dental studios. Providing the patient with an mp3 player or a CD player with ear phones for the procedure is becoming more and common, or simply letting the patient bring their own music in can help.

Some studios will also offer the patient the option of nitro oxide (N2O) or ‘happy gas’. Happy gas will calm the patient dramatically, which will allow the dentist to continue with the procedure, giving the patient their new implants or new dental bridge in no time at all.

Quite often, after the procedure nervous patients will state that the worse part of the entire treatment is the days of nerves and waiting in the reception room leading up to the procedure.

Posted in: Dental Implant, Dental Phobia
Tags: Dental anxiety, Dental implants, scared of dentist, Scared of dentist drill
| September 15, 2011 at 8:00 am | No comment

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