Nervous Dental Patients in Weybridgee

Nervous Patients

Yasmin's experience in treating anxious and phobic dental patients means she fully understand what a big step coming to the dentist can be for many. It is an area of dentistry that she has focused on in recent years, and is proud of the reputation she has acquired in this field. See www.dentalphobia.co.uk

Dr Yasmin George is pleased to share with you the lovely testimonials several of her patients have given her, and some have even offered to act as her 'ambassadors' and are happy to speak to new patients in the Surrey area who may be considering treatment with Confident Smiles.

When you come to see Yasmin you'll never be rushed or pushed into a decision; you will always be made to feel very welcome, and in control at all times.

Confident Smiles can offer a range of techniques from Tender Loving care (TLC) using The Wand local anaesthetic (see below) to the latest intravenous sedation techniques, designed to help you relax, whilst still being aware of what's going on.

Sedation uses medication to put the patient into a very relaxed, dreamlike state whilst having treatment carried out. You are conscious and can follow instructions; but you do not feel the stress and anxiety that you might otherwise feel. You also don't remember very much from the treatment session, so often patients think they were asleep.

There are advantages for the dentist too: sedation means that treatment is easier to perform, and that more can be achieved in one session, reducing the number of sessions needed to carry out a course of treatment.

Confident Smiles can offer

• tablets prescribed for you to take the night before and/or the morning before your appointment; you will need someone to take you to and from the appointment.
• intravenous (IV) sedation: the sedation drug is administered into a vein using a very thin needle that is encased in a soft plastic tube. When the needle is removed from the vein, it leaves the plastic tube behind, and this tube is used to administer the drug. The sedative takes effect very quickly, and I can adjust the dosage to bring about the level of sedation that is required. IV sedatives can lead to deeper levels of sedation than other sedation methods.
  In the last ten years Yasmin has also developed a close working relationship with a team of anaesthetists who have a special interest in dental sedation: www.sedationsolutions.co.uk
  Together we can treat patients who require complex care and long appointments or those who need a mixture of sedation drugs to enable them to receive the treatment they need.