Dental phobia is among the most common phobias in the UK. If you’re a nervous patient or experience dental phobia, we are here to help. Our dental team is highly trained, we offer the latest painless treatments and techniques and we also provide sedation dentistry. Our aim is to help you to overcome your fears and be sure that you feel comfortable when you have treatment.
In addition to modern dental techniques, we also provide a spa experience to make our patients feel more relaxed. We provide aromatherapy services, hot towels, relaxing music and head massages, and we also invite you to relax with some soothing music or pop a film on and make yourself at home.
Sedation dentistry
Dr Neil Gerrard is qualified in sedation dentistry and provides sedation for a number of dental procedures. Sedation is different to general anaesthetic because it doesn’t make you lose consciousness. However, it does make you feel extremely relaxed and you won’t endure any pain while you have treatment.
When you have sedation treatment, your dentist will administer sedative medication, which will gradually make you feel tired, calm and relaxed. You will be conscious, so you can talk to your dentist if required. After your dentist has finished, they will give you more medication to wake you up and the effects of the sedative will start to wear off.
It usually takes a few hours for the sedative effects to completely wear off, so we recommend having somebody to take you home and stay with you for about 24 hours. During this time, you should avoid driving, exercising, drinking alcohol and operating any machinery.
If you need dental treatment but you’ve been dreading getting into the dental chair, or you struggle with dental phobia and you haven’t been to a dentist for a long time, we can help. Our team is experienced, caring and compassionate and we will go the extra mile to help you feel calm and alleviate anxiety.
At the Clifton Dental Studio we go above and beyond to make our patients feel comfortable and we offer sedation, as well as relaxation-themed packages, to help patients to feel calm and reassured before and during treatment.
Our practice is peaceful and welcoming, our team is highly experienced and caring and we offer the latest techniques and therapies to benefit nervous patients and help them to overcome anxiety.
Sedation at Clifton Dental Studio
Dr Neil Gerrard is a certified provider for sedation and he has many years of experience working with nervous patients. He has a very relaxed, warm and compassionate nature and he helps patients to deal with anxiety and cope with dental phobia so that they are able to go through with the dental treatment they need.
Sedation is a very popular technique, which prevents patients from feeling pain and enables them to feel completely relaxed before and during a dental procedure. This technique uses sedative medication to induce a state of complete calm and restfulness. Patients don’t feel pain when they have treatment and don’t have much recollection of what has happened after they come around. Sedation isn’t the same as general anaesthetic and it doesn’t carry the same risks, as patients do not lose consciousness. The effects of the drugs wear off within 24 hours and no overnight stay is required.
The spa experience
In addition to dental treatments, we also offer a relaxing spa experience to make patients feel as comfortable as possible during their time with us. We are happy to put music or a film on for you, we offer massage and aromatherapy services and we can even arrange an overnight stay in a hotel if you are travelling for treatment. We also offer hot towels and hand paraffin wax treatments.
Our practice is Dental Phobia Certified.
If you are prone to dental anxiety, it can make even the simplest of visits to see your dentist an uncomfortable experience, especially so if you need to have complex work done. The dentist can also have trouble treating you if you are constantly fidgeting around in the chair. Being aware of this, dentists can help you out with such problems as they are trained for this. Some dentists will use aromatherapy beforehand in the waiting room as a way of calming you down, but if your anxiety is bad and you don’t like waiting around, you would be wise to get the first appointment of the day in order to get it over and done with. You should also sit down with your dentist and learn about your treatments ahead so that you can make informed decisions alongside your dentist, this will give you a little empowerment and confidence over what is being done to you. Modern dentistry makes use of the best technology today, which has virtually made most treatments completely painless; however, you do have the option of anaesthetics and soothing gels to make your visit more relaxed and soothing. For more on anxieties and phobias, talk to the professionals about this at Clifton Dental and can offer valuable advice about problems such as these.
Dr Gerrard is a Bristol based Cosmetic dentist with many years of experience and is one of only a small number of dentists accredited by The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
If you are prone to dental anxiety, it can make even the simplest of visits to see your dentist an uncomfortable experience, especially so if you need to have complex work done. The dentist can also have trouble treating you if you are constantly fidgeting around in the chair. Being aware of this, dentists can help you out with such problems as they are trained for this. Some dentists will use aromatherapy beforehand in the waiting room as a way of calming you down, but if your anxiety is bad and you don’t like waiting around, you would be wise to get the first appointment of the day in order to get it over and done with. You should also sit down with your dentist and learn about your treatments ahead so that you can make informed decisions alongside your dentist, this will give you a little empowerment and confidence over what is being done to you. Modern dentistry makes use of the best technology today, which has virtually made most treatments completely painless; however, you do have the option of anaesthetics and soothing gels to make your visit more relaxed and soothing. For more on anxieties and phobias, talk to the professionals about this at Clifton Dental and can offer valuable advice about problems such as these.
