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Eliminating Anxiety with Comfort

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relaxing hometown care

Part of our personalized hometown dental experience is helping you relax and rest easy during treatment. If the idea of dental treatment makes you or your family members apprehensive, nervous or anxious, we can help. Working together with you, we create a personalized sedation plan to help you feel at ease while we perform your dental treatment. 

Are You a Good Candidate for Sedation Dentistry?

All patients who experience dental anxiety may benefit from our personalized approach to Sedation. If you or your family members have any of the following fears or concerns, please ask our team about sedation dentistry:

  • Are afraid of needles and/or shots
  • Experienced a traumatic dental visit in the past
  • Struggle with the smells or noises of being at a dentist's office
  • Have overly sensitive teeth, a strong gag reflex, or trouble getting numb
  • Require a more complex dental treatment
  • Feel self-conscious about your teeth
  • Desire a more comfortable dental treatment

personalized sedation solutions

Sedation dentistry helps ensure a relaxing patient experience. We work together with each patient to determine the sedation approach that best matches the treatment and the desires of the patient. 

Your hometown team at Graf Dental Surgery offers the following sedation options for a safe and relaxing treatment experience.

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Is sedation dentistry safe?

Sedation dentistry has been proven to be safe and effective for dental treatment. Without sedation, the patient’s blood pressure tends to rise. With sedation, studies show that treatment becomes safer by reducing blood pressure during the procedure.

how long will it take for the sedation to wear off?

Recovery time from sedation is dependent upon the method used. Because sedation causes drowsiness, we always recommend that you arrange transportation to and from your treatment. After sedation you should not drive, drink alcohol, or operate machinery. Following treatment, our hometown team will provide you with post-sedation instructions.

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We’d love to connect with you.

We look forward to meeting you. Call (740) 672-5893 today or request an appointment online to set up your first visit. We’ll be in touch soon.