Compared to other forms of sedation, in-office IV sedation dentistry offers the following advantages:

- It’s a fast-acting form of sedation.

- IV sedation eliminates gag reflex in affected children.

- It doesn’t interfere with the body’s natural process.

- IV sedation puts the patient in an amnesic state, so they can’t recall a dental procedure’s smells, sounds, and sights.

- Your child can have all of their dental needs addressed in one appointment.

Your child is a candidate for in-office IV sedation dentistry if they are apprehensive of needles or undergoing a dental procedure. We often recommend this type of sedation for children undergoing complex procedures such as implant placement, extractions, root canals, and other such procedures.

Children constantly battling anxiety during dental treatment and those slated to undergo multiple procedures in one day will also benefit from dental sedation. We do not have to be concerned about your child becoming impatient and wiggly in the middle of the procedure, and Dr. Kris is also not limited by the amount of local anesthetic he can use which is often a limiting factor in the amount of treatment that can be rendered in one appointment.

At the end of the procedure, Dr. Sisney will call you into the room to keep your child company as the effects of the sedation starts to wear off. The length of the wait time from the end of the procedure to complete alertness varies from one child to another.

You should also keep in mind that children recovering from in-office IV sedation dentistry will react differently. However, this is common and should give you no cause for concern. Your child will recover fully in just a short period.

It’s important to keep your child rested for the rest of the day after the procedure, at the very least. During this time, your child is what we consider a “Fall Risk” and we do not want them doing any activities for the remainder of the day as they could fall and hurt themselves.