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

It is a controlled medication technique that reduces anxiety while you remain able to respond to instructions.
Our trained team monitors breathing, heart rate and blood pressure throughout the procedure for safety.
Most patients feel drowsy for two to four hours and should arrange transport home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.