Conscious Sedation

Feeling anxious about dental surgery? Conscious sedation helps you stay calm, relaxed and responsive during treatment. You’ll remain awake but comfortable, with little memory of the procedure, helping make your implant treatment feel more stress-free and easy.

Sedation dentistry, often called sleep dentistry, keeps you relaxed and comfortable during implant treatment while you remain responsive. High Dental Implants Melbourne offers intravenous sedation and inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide. Conscious sedation is not a general anaesthetic. You stay able to respond, and many patients remember little of the procedure afterwards.

Dental sedation at High Dental Implants Melbourne is $200 for patients without health fund cover and no gap for patients with cover. Conditions apply and are set out in full on this page.

Relax with Conscious Sedation

Many patients feel self-conscious about dental treatment and nervous about visiting the dentist. We offer special care to our anxious patients through two forms of sedation to make their appointments more comfortable and relaxing.
The first type is called intravenous or IV sedation. The sedative drug is injected in a controlled manner, so that you feel relaxed during the dental treatment.
The second type is inhalation sedation, which is good if you don’t like needles. A small mask is placed over your nose and mouth, and you breathe in a mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen. This gas mixture will make you feel calm during your dental appointment. You remain awake and aware while receiving the sedation, but you will experience a deep sensation of peace and relaxation while the team work on your teeth.

Our team of dentists and nurses are specially trained to deliver these types of sedation and will make sure that you are comfortable at all times during your visit.

Life Benefits
Overcome Dental Anxiety with Ease

Conscious sedation helps you stay calm and relaxed during dental visits. It eases anxiety, making treatment comfortable while you stay awake and aware.
Now you don’t have to let your fear of the dentist stop you from getting the dental treatment that you need.
A way to feel calm and relaxed during dental treatment.

Disclaimer: Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is conscious sedation?

It is a controlled medication technique that reduces anxiety while you remain able to respond to instructions.

Is conscious sedation safe?

Our trained team monitors breathing, heart rate and blood pressure throughout the procedure for safety.

How long do the effects last?

Most patients feel drowsy for two to four hours and should arrange transport home.

What is the difference between sleep dentistry and conscious sedation?

Sleep dentistry is the everyday term patients use for sedation, while conscious sedation is the clinical description of what happens: you are deeply relaxed and drowsy, but breathing on your own and able to respond. Neither term means a general anaesthetic, which makes you fully unconscious and is carried out in hospital. High Dental Implants Melbourne provides conscious sedation at the Elsternwick clinic, using either intravenous sedation or nitrous oxide.

What is sedation dentistry?

Sedation dentistry is the use of medication to keep you calm and comfortable during dental treatment. At High Dental Implants Melbourne this means intravenous sedation, given through a small cannula in the arm, or inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide breathed through a soft nose mask. You stay conscious and able to respond throughout, and you are monitored for the whole appointment.

Is sleep dentistry the same as a general anaesthetic?

Two options are available for implant surgery: inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide, which wears off within minutes of the mask being removed, and intravenous sedation, which produces a deeper level of relaxation and requires someone to take you home afterwards. Local anaesthetic is used alongside either option to numb the treatment site. Which one suits you is discussed at your consultation.

What sedation options are available for implant surgery?

No. Sleep dentistry is a common name for conscious sedation, where you are drowsy and relaxed but breathing on your own and able to respond. A general anaesthetic makes you fully unconscious and is given by an anaesthetist in a hospital or day surgery. The sedation provided at High Dental Implants Melbourne in Elsternwick is conscious sedation.

Will I remember the procedure?

With intravenous sedation, many patients remember little or nothing of the procedure, because the medication affects short term memory as well as anxiety. With nitrous oxide you are more likely to recall the appointment, although it tends to feel shorter and less stressful than it was. Responses differ from patient to patient.

How long does it take to recover from dental sedation?

Nitrous oxide wears off within about fifteen minutes of the mask being removed, and most patients are able to drive home. Intravenous sedation takes the rest of the day to clear, so you need an adult to accompany you home and you should not drive, sign documents or return to work until the following day. Written aftercare instructions are given before you leave.

Is sedation dentistry safe?

Sedation is a clinical procedure with real risks as well as benefits, and it is used only after your medical history, medications and airway have been assessed. You are monitored throughout the appointment and during recovery. Sedation is not suitable for every patient, and High Dental Implants Melbourne will tell you if it is not appropriate in your case.

How much does sedation cost?

Sedation at High Dental Implants Melbourne is $200 for patients without health fund cover, and there is no gap for patients with cover. Conditions apply, and the full conditions are set out on this page. Sedation is quoted separately from the implant treatment itself, so it appears as its own item on your written treatment plan.

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$200 applies to those without health fund cover. If you have health fund cover, you will receive no gap (no extra fees for this treatment).

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