{"id":575,"date":"2021-10-08T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2021-10-08T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:23:26","slug":"how-we-help-nervous-patients-at-our-dental-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/how-we-help-nervous-patients-at-our-dental-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"How we help nervous patients at our dental clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many patients want to be proactive about their dental health\nbut find that their dental anxieties keep them away from the dental chair.\nDental anxieties are quite common, and there are many causes for these fears.\nPatients may have had traumatic experiences in the past, and some may even be\nembarrassed with the state of their oral health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nervous-patients-marylebone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nervous-patients-marylebone.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nervous-patients-marylebone-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nervous-patients-marylebone-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For such patients, there is a great risk since not getting routine checkups or preventive dental care increases the chance of them requiring major dental treatments at some point or losing their teeth altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At our\ndental clinic, we understand the hesitancy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/sedation-dentistry.html\">nervous\npatients Marylebone<\/a> in seeking dental care, which is why <strong>Dr David Madruga<\/strong> has established\nsystems of support to help and encourage them. Not only do we offer a\nwide range of quality dental care to keep smiles happy and healthy, but we also\noffer compassionate care that accommodates <strong>nervous patients Marylebone<\/strong>\nwith conscious sedation methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr David Madruga is a vastly experienced dental practitioner\nin the field of conscious sedation and has helped set up a number of conscious\nsedation referral clinics throughout the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can conscious sedation help <strong>nervous patients\nMarylebone<\/strong>? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The benefits of conscious sedation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conscious sedation methods have been found to be incredibly\neffective in addressing the numerous common causes of the fear of the dental\nchair. With conscious sedation, patients can get the professional dental help\nthat they need, whether this is to find relief from pain, protect their oral\nhealth, bite and chew better or gain confidence from having a great-looking\nsmile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients may be familiar with the general anaesthetic that is\nadministered in hospital settings, but conscious sedation is different. The\nsedating medication can be administered in one of two ways: orally or\nintravenously. With this type of sedation method, patients remain conscious but\nare fully relaxed. The extent of this relaxation is so much that patients are\ncompletely unaware throughout the treatment, registering no pain or anxieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conscious sedation is deemed safe to be used in dental\nsettings and should only ever be performed by dentists with the required\nreal-world experience in this technique. There are undoubtedly many benefits to\nreceiving conscious sedation, one of which is that nervous patients can receive\nmuch-needed dental care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients interested in conscious sedation should take note of a few important implications. Due to the relaxing effects of the sedatives, patients may experience dizziness following treatment, which would rule out them driving themselves home. Therefore, we recommend that patients ask a relative or friend to pick them up after the appointment. Our dental practitioner may have further post-procedure instructions that should be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is every reason for a nervous patient to celebrate the availability of conscious sedation. During a consultation with <strong>Dr David Madruga<\/strong>, patients must inform us of their dental fears so that we can look at all the suitable options to give them the proper care they deserve. Reach out to our front desk team to find out more about the conscious sedation methods we offer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many patients want to be proactive about their dental health but find that their dental anxieties keep them away from the dental chair. Dental anxieties are quite common, and there are many causes for these fears. Patients may have had traumatic experiences in the past, and some may even be embarrassed with the state of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/how-we-help-nervous-patients-at-our-dental-clinic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How we help nervous patients at our dental clinic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nervous-patients"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmadrugaimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}