{"id":95,"date":"2019-05-27T08:24:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T07:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2019-05-27T08:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T07:24:54","slug":"dental-implant-surgery-a-guide-for-nervous-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/dental-implant-surgery-a-guide-for-nervous-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental implant surgery \u2013 a guide for nervous patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For some people, going to the dentist can\nbe an anxious time and they may even put off dental treatment. It is not\nuncommon to be nervous about visiting the dentist, especially if you happen to\nbe visiting for dental implants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Craigentinny<\/strong>,\nwe appreciate that some patients are afraid of the idea of oral surgery \u2013\nespecially when it involves dental implants \u2013 and for this reason we offer sedation\ndentistry in Edinburgh<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, dental implants are less painful\nthan other oral treatment and the operation itself involves minimal discomfort.\nIn many cases, pulling a tooth or root canal treatment, can be substantially\nmore painful than receiving dental implants with the help of sedation dentistry in Edinburgh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your sedation options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The placement of dental implants is a\nrelatively comfortable procedure under local anaesthetic but very rarely some\nbruising, swelling or mild discomfort can be expected over the following days.\nThese side-effects can be alleviated with standard pain medication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patients who get nervous about dental\nimplants, can benefit from oral or IV sedation. Both methods are extremely\nsafe. With oral sedation you will take a pill just before the operation (or a\nfew hours in advance). Patients who decide to have oral sedation will remain\nawake during the operation. Oral sedation makes long and complex procedures\nseem shorter, allowing patients have all their dental work done in a single\nvisit. As an added precaution, a local anaesthetic will also be administered by\nthe dentist, in order to ensure that there is no pain or discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IV sedation, on the other hand, involves administering the sedative straight into the blood stream. This way patients relax almost immediately and experience no pain or discomfort during the implant surgery. As IV sedation is much stronger than oral sedation, it should always be administered by a trained dentist, who will also be checking the vitals of the patient throughout the procedure. Patients who have undergone IV sedation should remain in the company of a responsible adult for 12 hours following the procedure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to have dental implants but you are worried about pain and discomfort? To learn more about sedation dentistry in Edinburgh<\/strong>, contact us today and we will guide you through the procedure step-by-step. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some people, going to the dentist can be an anxious time and they may even put off dental treatment. It is not uncommon to be nervous about visiting the dentist, especially if you happen to be visiting for dental implants. At Craigentinny, we appreciate that some patients are afraid of the idea of oral … Continue reading Dental implant surgery \u2013 a guide for nervous patients<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sedation-dentistry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}