Needle phobic?

This involves having a sedative drink at the surgery. The sedative will start to work in 20 minutes making you feel relaxed and sleepy so that you do not feel nervous about any injections in your hand or in your mouth. Oral sedatives do not put you to sleep but help with anxiety and promote relaxation.
Once you are relaxed, we can give you more sedatives through a vein in your arm or hand. This will produce deeper sedation. We do not recommend oral sedation routinely but it is very useful for individuals who cannot tolerate any injections whilst awake or those who commonly experience fainting at the thought of a needle. 

This involves breathing a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide through a special nosepiece. It gives you a pleasant, relaxed feeling. The dental team will talk to you at the same time in a calm and reassuring way. Most people feel warm, floaty and tingly.

At the end of the procedure, you will be given pure oxygen for a couple of minutes and you will recover very quickly. There are no after-effects and most people can drive or return to work the same day.

This technique is good for mildly to moderately anxious people who are able to breathe through their nose. Inhalation can be used to aid cannulation.

We can provide hypnotherapy and CBT to help you combat your fears with our clinical hypnotherapist Dr Munir Ravalia. Combining therapy with other means of sedation will help to provide a long-term solution to overcome your fears and plan for better oral health.

Intranasal sedation involves spraying a small amount of a sedative drug (midazolam) into the nose. The sedative drug will make you feel relaxed during your treatment. Intranasal sedation is used for those who cannot have a cannula whilst being awake. It is a commonly used technique by experienced sedationists for those with Learning Difficulties, Autism and Severe needle phobia.