Oral Sedation Dentistry in Tustin, CA
Relax Through Your Dental Visit
If dental visits make you anxious, oral sedation can help. A prescribed tablet taken before your appointment helps you feel calm and drowsy, while you stay able to respond.
- Helps you feel relaxed and drowsy
- For anxious patients, long visits and strong gag reflexes
- Health history reviewed before every sedation visit
- You take a prescribed tablet before your visit
- You stay able to respond during treatment
- You need someone to drive you home
Questions? Call (714) 505-9462.
What is oral sedation?
Oral sedation uses a prescribed tablet taken before your visit. It helps you feel relaxed and drowsy. You stay able to respond, and many people remember little of the appointment.
Before your visit, we review your health history and medications, plan with your doctor if needed, and monitor you throughout. Read Afraid of the Dentist? Sedation Options.
Oral sedation can help if you
- Feel anxious or afraid of dental visits
- Have a strong gag reflex. Read Strong Gag Reflex at the Dentist
- Need a longer procedure, such as implants, wisdom teeth or several fillings
- Would like to be relaxed for a cleaning
- Haven't been to a dentist in a long time
How it works
Consultation
We review your health history and medications and talk about your worries.
Before your visit
You take the prescribed tablet as directed and arrive with someone who can drive you home.
During treatment
You feel relaxed and drowsy while we monitor you throughout.
After
Rest for the rest of the day while the medication wears off.
Cost, Insurance and Payments
Oral sedation is about $9 to $15 a month with financing, in addition to your treatment. We explain the full cost before your visit, and monthly payments are available.
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Common Questions
Will I be asleep?
No. Oral sedation makes you relaxed and drowsy, but you stay able to respond. Many people remember little of the appointment.
Can I drive after oral sedation?
No. You need someone to drive you home, and you should rest for the rest of the day.
Is oral sedation safe?
Oral sedation is widely used in dentistry. We review your health history and medications before your visit and monitor you throughout. Tell us about every medicine you take, including supplements.
Do you offer IV sedation?
No. We offer oral sedation only.
Can I have sedation for a cleaning?
Yes. Oral sedation is available for cleanings as well as longer treatment such as extractions and implants.
Nervous about the dentist?
Call us and mention that you feel anxious. We'll allow extra time and talk through your options. Larwin Square Dentistry, 604 E 1st St, Tustin. Serving Irvine, City of Orange, Santa Ana and the rest of Orange County.