Posts Tagged ‘Sedation Dentistry’

At www.TheGentleDentist.com  we provide all phases of dentistry including cosmetic dentistry, dental implants and general dentistry for the entire family.  What is necessary with all our treatments is to get the potential patient into the chair.  This may seem obvious, but I can tell you of many who have avoided the dentist because of their intense fear of the dentist.  This fear is typically generated as a young child who had no say so on their care.  The dentist usually hurt them and they just had to endure the pain no matter how intense it was.  Being a child or even as an adult these patients were at the mercy of someone they feared.   After this horrible experience they make an agreement with themselves that they will NEVER, NEVER put themselves in this postion again.   After many years of internally battling with themselves to go to the dentist a situation will present such as a bad toothache or a broken front tooth  and they have no choice but to see the dentist.  And that is when we or other modern caring dentists come into play:

At our office we truly understand these fears and work at a pace appropriate to our patient to create a positive experience.Oral conscious sedation is a great way to have hours of dentistry done in one visit.   With the use of a small sleeping pill taken 1 hour before your dental appointment you will have virtually no memory of the procedure.  If you are:

• Nervous from similar a bad experiences as described above and said “I will never go back to the dentist again”
• Have a difficult time with gagging
• Need a lot of dental procedures done but don’t have the time to return over and over again to get it done.
• Need multiple procedures such as crown, extractions, root canals and implant placement done and you don’t want to go to multiple dental offices. 
• The truth is that you don’t have to wait any more.

Dr. Antolak has been providing cosmetic, implant, sedation and general dentistry for the last 22 years so give us a call now for your free consultation at (586)247-3500 or visit our website at www.TheGentleDentist.com.  Our office is in Shelby Twp. MI.

Our Patient interviewed and discusses candidly about her experiences with sedation dentistry.  She had a tremendous amount of fear of visiting any dentist because of bad childhood experiences.  The fact that the process requires only a simple pill to eliminate virtually any memory of her visit.  She had very bad experiences with gagging in the past and this procedure helps to eliminate the gagg reflex.  This is beneficial because it allows us to do things that may not have been possible in the past because of increased patient complience.  Give us a call at (586)247-3500 for more information on sedation or dream dentistry.

Dental implants can be a costly procedure ranging from $3000-$4000 per implant that is placed. This includes the abutment and crowns if necessary. At The Gentle Dentist, we perform most all implant surgeries and restore the implants. Therefore, it is much more convenient and cost effective way to have your dental implant treated from start to finish. There are a number of factors that must be considered when quoting the fee for the dental implant. These include:

• How much bone is remaining in the area where the implant is to be placed? If there is not adequate bone present then a bone graft will have to be placed. This can add additional time and cost to the procedure. Teeth that have been missing over a long period, shrink and usually require bone grafting procedures.
• How many implants need to be placed and what is its purpose? If there are only a couple of implants needing to placed to fix a removable denture to the jaw with a snap fit, it would be less costly than numerous implants to create a completely non-removable teeth.
• If a tooth needs to be extracted, we will attempt to place an implant at the same time, thereby reducing the cost and healing of the procedure.
• Other factors include the location in the jaw. If implants are to be placed in the back areas of the mouth the nerve in the lower jaw and the sinus cavity in the upper jaw become issues. In these cases, we must use CT scanning technologies to get a 3 dimensional view of the bone, nerve and sinus. The use of the scanner and the time can add up to nearly $1200 for the data. This is necessary to make the procedure more predictable and less risk of creating numbness or infections
• At our Shelby Township, Michigan Dental office we do provide sedation so our patients are completely comfortable when they are treated.

.Dr. Antolak treats his dental patients in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere where you are treated like a guest in the home.  His motto is to “relax while we take care of your smile”. He specializes in cosmetic dentistry, implant dentistry and general dentistry using sedation dentistry if necessary for his high fear patients. He has been treating patients for the past 21 years and is located in Shelby Township, Macomb county Michigan.