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Your San Francisco Sedation Dentist

Picture this. You go to the dentist and you are told that all of your old, mercury fillings need to be replaced because you have had them in your mouth for the past 20 years. Your dentist also informs you that you need to have your wisdom teeth out because you never did so at the age of 18. You have three choices in this situation. The first one is to ignore what your dentist said and have no work done on your teeth, but if you are going to ignore your dentist why bother going at all.

The second option is to book a series of five appointments over the next few weeks or months so that your dentist can replace your fillings in four separate visits and you have one visit just to have those pesky wisdom teeth taken out. You have alter you work schedule five times! Or if you are a mom with young children, you need to arrange for someone to look after your children five different times! How inconvenient is that. Then you have to pay for five separate dental visits, which is going to put a dent in your bank account. Yikes!

Now picture scenario number three. You find out you need all this dental work done and, since your dentist is a San Francisco Sedation Dentist, as you leave the office you make one appointment to come back the following week. They give you a little bottle with one little pill in it. You take that pill about an hour before your appointment time and your sister drives you to the dentist’s office. By the time you get there and get settled in the chair, you are feeling very relaxed and you are zoning out. The next thing you know you are coherent and although your mouth feels a little funny, you are ready to go. Everything has been done, all the filling replacement and the wisdom teeth removal. You do not have to come back and you only pay for one appointment.

Which scenario do you prefer? If you choose the third one then you need to find your nearest San Francisco Sedation Dentist. A San Francisco Sedation Dentist is trained to practice sedation dentistry and is able to administer the sedative and monitor the patient to ensure safety. If you have a fear of the dentist or you have children who are afraid to go, then a San Francisco Sedation Dentist may be just the answer for you. In some instances, the sedative is administered via inhalation in the form of nitrous oxide.

Your smile is so important as are the health of your teeth. Your smile really is the first impression you give people as they often see your smile before you utter your first words to them. Make that first impression count and have all your cosmetic and restorative dentistry performed by a San Francisco Sedation Dentist. You deserve to be pain-free and your smile deserves to shine.