Hospital or in-office general anesthesia for dental care? Learn how families and doctors decide which setting fits. When a loved one needs dental treatment under general anesthesia, families are often surprised to learn there is more than one place it can happen. Some patients are treated in a hospital operating room. Many others can be …
Use cannabis? Learn how it can affect dental sedation and what to tell us before your visit. No judgment. Since Missouri voters legalized recreational cannabis in 2022, more people use it, whether to relax, sleep, manage pain, or ease anxiety. If you are one of them and have dental treatment with sedation or general anesthesia …
Numbing not working at the dentist? Learn why local anesthetic can fail and how sedation may help. Consider contacting us today to learn more. Local anesthetic does not work the same way for everyone, and there are well-studied reasons why. There are also real options when numbing alone is not enough. If this sounds familiar, …
How long does dental anesthesia last? Numbness, sedation, and general anesthesia timelines explained. This is one of the most common questions patients and caregivers ask us, and the honest answer is that two different things wear off at the same time. The first is the numbness from local anesthetic, the medication that blocks sensation in …
Wondering why your dentist referred you out for sedation instead of doing it in-office? Here is what actually decides who can sedate you. Call (314) 862-7844. The short answer is that sedation is not one service. It is a range of very different levels of care, and the training, licensing, staffing, and equipment required at …
Tremor, rigidity, and medication timing all change dental care with Parkinson’s. What patients and caregivers should know. Parkinson’s disease affects dental care in more ways than most people expect, and the barriers are practical rather than unsolvable. At The Dental Anesthesia Center in Clayton, our doctor-owned practice provides dental care under sedation and general anesthesia …
