Sleep Dentistry Brighton

Dental sedation is generally safe, although you might experience some side effects that may last for a few hours after the procedure such as a feeling of sluggishness or tiredness, loss of memory of the procedure, a headache, low blood pressure, drowsiness.

The effects of sedation differ from one person to another. Generally, you might feel drowsy and sleepy. And once the sedative takes effect, you’ll start to feel less anxious, calm, and relaxed. You may also feel a tingling sensation in your hands, arms, legs, and toes, which makes you feel like it’s hard to lift or move your limbs.

In cases of IV sedation, you will be in an induced sleep-like state where you can still hear some of what the dentist is saying and may respond but will be too sleepy to open your eyes or move.

The average cost of sleep dentistry in Melbourne varies depending on the type of dental sedation, the dental procedure you’ll undergo, sedative drugs used (brand, dosage), and how long you’ll be sedated.

For extensive dental work requiring you to be awake, an anaesthetist or a dental sedationist may need to be called upon to provide a deeper level of IV sedation. For this level of treatment, the cost can range between $500 to $800 an hour, on top of your dental cost.

At Lifestyle Smiles we practise pain free dentistry to make you feel comfortable in every procedure you’ll undergo. We reserve providing dental sedation to patients that will undergo complex dental procedures and those with severe dental anxiety.

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With general anesthesia you are given larger doses of some of the same medications that are used in conscious sedation as well as additional medications such as general anesthesia gases and paralysing agents. While you remain awake during conscious sedation, when you are under general anaesthesia you become deeply unconscious to a level that your breathing must be maintained by a machine.

The additional medications used for general anaesthesia can also cause post-operative nausea and vomiting in some cases, but this is avoided with conscious sedation.