Conscious Sedation
A relaxed and anxiety-free dental experience.
What is conscious sedation in a dental clinic?
Conscious sedation is a procedure that involves administering a series of sedative drugs to a patient, with the aim of helping them relax and avoid the anxiety produced by dental treatment.
Nitrous oxide, at a concentration of 50% in the inspired fraction, has an analgesic effect with a decrease in the perception threshold of different painful stimuli.
At this concentration, nitrous oxide does not have an anesthetic effect. It produces a state of conscious sedation: the patient is relaxed, calm, and maintains an indifferent attitude towards their surroundings.
Both the absorption and the elimination of nitrous oxide through the pulmonary route are very rapid due to its low solubility in blood and tissues. This property explains the rapidity of its analgesic effect and the restoration of the initial state after the cessation of inhalation.
Its elimination occurs unchanged through the pulmonary route.
At ENIQ, we also administer an analgesic with sedation so that the postoperative period is more pleasant. With advanced technology AirLiquide.
However, it should be noted that conscious sedation is not used to alleviate pain. Therefore, when a treatment is performed under sedation, anesthetic medication must also be used, which is what prevents pain and discomfort typical of the intervention.
How is conscious sedation performed?
Advantages
What are the advantages of conscious sedation?
Conscious sedation is indicated in various cases. It is most commonly used when a patient is afraid or panics at the dentist. Or also, when they have had bad previous experiences, causing nerves or anxiety.
But, in addition, dental sedation is indicated when the patient is in situations like the following:
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Lack of time
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Extensive treatment
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Complex treatment or long surgeries
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Discomfort with dental treatments. For example, due to nausea
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Compromised health, which requires control by the anesthesiologist
Conscious sedation at the dentist, our opinion:
Sedation can be applied in any dental treatment, whatever it may be. For example: fillings, root canals, periodontal treatments, oral surgeries, etc.
However, it is most commonly used in major procedures such as implants or bone regeneration.
This is simply because treatments that are longer or more complex are those that generate more nerves or discomfort among patients.
There are many cases of patients who come to the dental clinic with significant anxiety and real fear of dental treatments, or those who have had bad experiences, have felt pain when they went to the dentist and it is beyond their strength to open their mouth in a dental chair regardless of the treatment they need. These patients need to undergo procedures under sedation.
Dr. Alejandra de la Rosa
Medical direction
What is the price of conscious sedation in a dental clinic?
At ENIQ, we have decided to offer this service at an affordable price so that everyone who needs it can enjoy it, ranging between 150 and 300€.
This service is usually offered in other clinics between 900 and 1000€.
At ENIQ, we can propose splitting your payments from 150€ to 3000€ without any documentation, and from there our financing options can be very flexible.
Conscious sedation
Don't suffer at the dentist
*subject to specialist evaluation
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Interest-free financing
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have more doubts about the dental technique of conscious sedation?
You really feel a great peace, you are in the consultation but you see everything as something that does not produce any state of unrest, you can interact with your dentist all the time.
It's even called the laughing gas, as it makes you want to smile relaxedly.
Are there any side effects in conscious sedation?
There are no side effects, as the Oxygen and Nitrous Oxide mixture is completely eliminated in a few minutes, and therefore, the patient awakens normally, without respiratory difficulties or pain. They remain in the clinic for a short time until they are discharged and can go home.
The advancement in this Conscious Sedation technique in the field of dentistry helps to improve dental treatments and have techniques to make the treatment at the dentist as pleasant as possible. Inhalation Sedation is a safe, easy-to-use, and effective procedure in many clinical situations.
There are very few contraindications for this type of sedation.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, alcoholism, the use of narcotics, airway pathologies, intestinal occlusions, or cases of glaucoma are some of the contraindications of conscious sedation.
The rate of complications arising from sedation is extremely low. Thousands of patients undergo surgical, dental, and/or medical procedures under sedation every day in hospitals and medical centers around the world.
