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.
Clifton Dental Studio is a Dental Phobia Certified practice and this means we have expertise in caring for nervous patients. We understand that many patients experience extreme anxiety when faced with even the prospect of having dental treatment and we always try to do everything we can to prevent patients from feeling stressed, scared and worried.
Our team is very friendly and our dentists always make time to talk through procedures with patients, explain how treatment works and what it involves and reassure patients who suffer from anxiety or dental phobia.
Helping you to overcome your fears
One of the main worries about dental phobia is that it often prevents patients from attending regular appointments and this means that there is a high risk of dental health problems developing. We aim to help nervous patients overcome their fears, so that they feel able to come for regular check-ups without experiencing fear and trepidation.
As well as providing a relaxing and calming atmosphere for patients, we also provide spa packages to help you relax, as well as treatments such as sedation, which is designed to prevent you from feeling pain.
Sedation
Sedation is a technique used widely in medicine and dentistry to help patients to feel relaxed before and during treatment; it can be used to prevent physical pain, as well as to reduce anxiety and fear and it is very effective in helping nervous patients to feel more calm. Unlike general anaesthetic, sedation does not make you lose consciousness, but it does bring your body and mind into a deep state of relaxation.
If you are anxious about having dental treatment or you suffer from dental phobia, contact us today; don’t suffer in silence, as we can help!
Phobias can be a very real problem for some people and the causes can be deep rooted in your psyche; most people will shut them away and avoid anything that brings them to the surface. However, this can lead to a real problem if you suffer from dental phobia- you are caught in a catch 22 situation here; you need the treatment for your oral health, yet the fear can prevent you from getting it. Now, you need to be strong and confront this darkness that scares you, and it won’t be easy in the beginning, but you have to crack this and the only way is to seek out professional counselling. There is a big irony here because it should be your dentists that you talk to. These people understand your fears and the problems that phobias can bring to the chair. Go slow at first, open up and get things off your chest and when you are ready your dentist can then walk you through the range of modern treatments, sedation techniques and other methods to relax you during procedures. Don’t let this phobia get in the way of your needs and fight it. If you want further help on this condition then get in touch with Clifton Dental of Bristol, for they will advise you about your phobia and ways of getting around it.
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
Phobias can be a very real problem for some people and the causes can be deep rooted in your psyche; most people will shut them away and avoid anything that brings them to the surface. However, this can lead to a real problem if you suffer from dental phobia- you are caught in a catch 22 situation here; you need the treatment for your oral health, yet the fear can prevent you from getting it. Now, you need to be strong and confront this darkness that scares you, and it won’t be easy in the beginning, but you have to crack this and the only way is to seek out professional counselling. There is a big irony here because it should be your dentists that you talk to. These people understand your fears and the problems that phobias can bring to the chair. Go slow at first, open up and get things off your chest and when you are ready your dentist can then walk you through the range of modern treatments, sedation techniques and other methods to relax you during procedures. Don’t let this phobia get in the way of your needs and fight it. If you want further help on this condition then get in touch with Clifton Dental of Bristol, for they will advise you about your phobia and ways of getting around it.
