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When a dental emergency occurs, knowing where to turn for care can make the experience far less stressful. That’s why Palmer Park Dentistry offer emergency dentistry services to patients in and around Colorado Springs, CO. If you or a loved one needs urgent dental care, call the office to determine your next steps. Online booking is always an option for less time-sensitive booking needs.
Emergency dentistry is an area of dental practice focused on addressing urgent dental care needs. One way to think about emergency dentistry is to consider whether your need can wait to be seen until a typically scheduled visit. If the answer is “no,” then emergency dentistry is likely the right approach.
Most dental emergencies happen without notice. They can result from a traumatic or sports injury, or they can arise after years of poor dental care. Dental emergencies often happen at the most inconvenient times, leaving you scrambling for care outside regular business hours.
Call Palmer Park Dentistry for same-day emergency dental care.
The most important thing you can do in a dental emergency is to remain calm. That is easier said than done, especially for parents trying to soothe a child with broken teeth or severe dental pain.
Begin by assessing the situation. If you’ve been involved in a traumatic or sports injury, take steps to secure your immediate safety and determine if emergency medical treatment is needed. Uncontrolled bleeding, chest pain, shortness of breath, or loss of consciousness should prompt a call for emergency services.
If you’ve lost a tooth, try to locate it and pick it up, avoiding touching the portion that usually sits below the gum line. The roots of your teeth are lined with living cells, and damaging those cells can make reimplantation impossible. Try to place the tooth back into its socket or store it in a small container covered with lukewarm milk.
Sleep or sedation dentistry refers to a dental treatment that is performed under the effects of sedative medications.
These perfectly safe medications can be administered in a number of ways, depending on the type of procedure being performed and/or the wishes of the patient.
And they enable a particularly nervous patient to receive the treatment they need to maintain an excellent standard of oral health without the horrible fear and anxiety they typically experience.
The great thing about sleep dentistry is that the body easily metabolizes the medication used, so patients need not fret about feeling awful afterward or suffering a “hangover”.
The removal of fear and anxiety is just one of the many benefits of sleep dentistry. Sedation also enables our dentists to work without worrying about a patient who is terribly nervous.
Procedures that might otherwise have to be broken down into smaller, more manageable sessions can be done in a single appointment without causing patients any undue stress or discomfort, which also benefits them in terms of cost and the results they can enjoy.
Sedation dentistry not only helps anxious patients; it’s also great for those with a delicate gag reflex. Sedation has the effect of relaxing the muscles, thus enabling the dentist to get right into your mouth without causing you to gag.
Every patient has something slightly different to say with regards to sedation dentistry. What they do have in common is that they feel totally relaxed and peaceful.
Everything that used to bother them, such as the sound of the drill or the appearance of a needle, suddenly doesn’t anymore.
All traditional fears are effectively removed. You can feel extremely sleepy when sedated, but in the most pleasant way imaginable. It also induces short-term amnesia, so you won’t remember it afterward.
You have the choice of either swallowing one or two sedative tablets about 30 minutes before your appointment, or we can provide a Nitrous Oxide “laughing gas” mask. For longer and more complex procedures, intravenous (IV) sedation is available.
You might feel embarrassed about your acute fear or anxiety associated with seeing the dentist or with receiving dental treatment, but actually, such an affliction is incredibly common!
At our dental office, we understand that those bi-annual trips to the dentist can be incredibly uncomfortable for patients, whether their fears and insecurities can be rationalized or not. What we do not support is avoidance of dental treatment because of these fears and insecurities.
Our team of experienced and compassionate dental healthcare professionals has treated patients who have struggled with severe phobia their entire lives and this has been made possible through sedation dentistry.
Contact us for a free consultation which includes a personalized oral health planning and a detailed discussion of your dental goals and options. We're committed to providing you with the highest standard of care and guiding you towards the best solutions for your dental needs.