Longer or multiple procedures in one appointment.
Helps manage patient anxiety and/or fear.
Quicker treatment times and fewer complications.
An easier treatment experience and recovery.
About Sedation
To ensure your experience is relaxed and comfortable, we offer a wide range of sedation options from nitrous oxide (laughing gas) to complete sleep. We are fully trained, staffed, and equipped to provide a wide range of sedation options including twilight sleep or complete sleep. This treatment option can eliminate the sensations (sights, smells, sounds, stress) of dentistry that you find unpleasant, or even intolerable. Medical Anaesthesiologists administer all sedation services to ensure maximum comfort and safety during treatments.
Benefits Sedation Levels More Info FormsBenefits of Sedation
Total Comfort Control
Sedation provides total control of comfort, anxiety, and stress, with the assurance of complete elimination of pain and sensation during your treatment. Studies show that anxiety leads to more post-operative pain and complications.
Multiple Surgeries
Total comfort control allows our team to complete multiple treatments in a single appointment. For example, gum grafts and an implant in one session is possible! This lets you finish your treatment faster and offers a tremendous overall savings in cost and time. Time is a precious commodity.
Long Surgeries
When you are stressed or uncomfortable, minutes can seem to be hours. You don’t want to be there — you don’t need to be there.
Dr Michael Saso (Anesthesiologist) and Dr Suzanne Caudry discussing a sedation case.
Sedation Levels
Twilight Sedation
Twilight sedation produces a "barely aware - don't care" state with profound comfort and zero pain. You will have virtually no memory of your session. At any time, if needed, this state can be taken to the next level of Complete Sleep as described below.
Complete Sleep
The term says it all. Safe, sophisticated, gentle anesthesia can eliminate consciousness altogether. You are completely unaware of any treatment. Complete sleep sedation is recommended for patients with moderate to severe anxiety, who are undergoing long surgeries, or for patients who would like multiple surgeries in one visit.
Safety
Surgeries under sedation are very safe. Of course, every drug has risks (even Aspirin), sometimes severe, and we are open in our information and discussion. Sedation dentistry is a safe, effective and simple choice for those who prefer or require it.
Exceptional Training & Credentials
Our doctors and the staff are second to none. For this service, we employ medical specialists (Anesthetists) from the Humber River Hospital, and specially trained dental nurses.
Fully Equipped Facilities
Our practice is specially designed as a surgical operatory. We have a comfortable recovery area, continuously monitored by our Registered Nurse. With hospital caliber anesthetic equipment with full emergency capabilities we exceed the stringent certification requirements for sedation and anesthesia of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario and of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Information Availability
Please ask questions. We listen. We pride ourselves at offering and providing as much detailed information as you require.
Contact Us
Our front office team will assist with scheduling your appointments, and processing dental insurance claims. We will answer all your question and concerns before any treatment begins. We strive to ensure our patients receive the most conservative treatment plan that will lead to the best treatment outcome. You do not need a referral to have a consultation.
Global Speaking Engagements and the Caudry Education Centre
Over the past 20 years Dr. Caudry has travelled the world imparting her knowledge, research, and technical skills to other Dental professionals.
Today Dr. Caudry carries on the tradition of using her exceptionally high level of education and surgical skills to the benefit of her patients while sharing those skills and experiences with her colleagues so they too can provide her knowledge and techniques to their patients.
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