If you let minor issues about your dental health take a back seat then it will prove expensive in the long run. There is the usual anxiety associated with dental healthcare and the sensitivity to pain which can result in foregoing the regular checkups. However today with the growing practice of sedation dentistry, your dental health does not need to take a back seat. Intravenous Sedation is safe when administered by a qualified person such as Dr. Khoury. Dr. Sam Khoury is one of only a small number of dentists specially licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry to administer IV Sedation. To perform these advanced sedative techniques, special training and clinical experience is required. In addition to training in sedation techniques Dr. Khoury is also trained in Advanced Cardiac Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association.

Approval to perform IV Sedation requires the office to be specially equipped with emergency equipment and medications. This includes an ECG monitor to observe your heart rate and rhythm, and a monitor for breathing and oxygen saturation. The staff also constantly trains to provide the highest level of sedation care

There are three different levels of sedation - minimal, moderate, and deep sedation. If you are wondering what kind of sedation is likely to be right for me then the accurate answer lies with a well versed periodontist like Dr khoury start considering sedation dentistry for yourself or for your family member if you are very nervous about getting dental treatment. Periodontist Yardley PA can guide you towards safe, timely and fast recovery after your sedation dental treatment.

Intravenous sedation (also known as IV Sedation or Conscious IV Sedation) is a state-of-the-art technique for comprehensive control of pain and anxiety during dental and medical procedures. There are other methods used in dentistry - such as oral (pill) sedation - but IV Sedation's superior results make it the method of choice. It is especially preferred anxious patients, or those who simply want to be unaware of any periodontal procedures. Because of the types of medications used and their instant delivery, IV Sedation allows Dr. Khoury to control their effects precisely. In-office anesthesia and surgery allows you to recover comfortably - in your own home with your family.

Patients who receive IV sedation usually are in a state of relaxation but at the same time, are able to breathe on their own, and communicate any discomfort to Dr. Khoury. A period of amnesia will typically erase any memory of the procedure.Sedation, as well as general anesthesia is one way of pharmacological to alter your level of consciousness and awareness. It alters your way of being aware about what is happening around you. Since the medications used to provide sedation varies it needs to be either administered orally or by inhalation, or through the veins (intravenously). IV sedation dentistry experts like Dr Khoury DDS believe that different people respond differently to the same medication, despite the fact that they may have the same physical characteristics. Thus skills, training, experience and safety measures are one of the important criteria of sedation dentistry.

While undergoing dental implants the patient is at risk and the potential need for resuscitation rises. Hence sedation helps to lessen the patient's degree of awareness and consciousness. Though sedation is not an alternative to local anesthesia it is good measure to provide patient comfort.

For women interested in undergoing cosmetic dentistry procedures most often are advised to go for sedation dentistry. It is one of the quickest means to acquire the smile of your dreams. With sedation dentistry the dentist aims to provide comfort, as well as good oral health to the patients.