Kids with special needs already face numerous disadvantages, and maintaining good dental health can be an added challenge for families with a special needs child. There are numerous issues that these special, young patients face, which impede their ability to make regular visits to a dentist.

Some special needs patients are immobile or physically disabled and cannot easily make a trip to a dental office, even if that trip is a short one. Others find it impossible to sit still long enough to undergo an exam or receive a cleaning, let alone a full procedure or treatment. Many others face complications with medications.

In order to attain overall good health, it’s essential that we maintain healthy teeth and gums. With all the difficulties that special needs kids and their families already face, they shouldn’t have to worry about taking care of their teeth too. Visiting a pain free dentist who works closely with kids in the special needs community makes dental health maintenance easier and more accessible.

Special Needs Dentist

By working with a special needs dentist, patients who have special needs will gain better access to proper dental care and their families will have one less thing to worry about.

A special needs dentist is one who is directly involved with the special needs communities and who consistently stays up-to-date on the latest treatments, medications, and issues in a variety of medical areas.

Such a dentist will also understand the nature of a variety of special needs, including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and mental or developmental disabilities. A special needs dentist will ensure a professional office environment that is friendly, comfortable, and conductive to the needs of patients with various physical, mental, and emotional requirements.

Pain Free Dentist

A pain free dentist uses two key methods to ensure that patients do not experience pain as a result of treatment: technique and sedation.

Modern techniques in dentistry are less invasive than they were in the past. With breakthroughs in both equipment and hands-on approaches, dentists are increasingly able to guarantee a painless experience, making visits to the dentist easier for everyone, especially special needs children.

Sedation has proven to be a cornerstone both in pain free dentistry and in treating special needs patients. Sedation fulfills two important roles: helping patients relax or sleep through treatment and alleviating pain and discomfort.

Sedation Dentist

There are two types of sedation: conscious and unconscious. With conscious sedation, the patient is awake but relaxed. With unconscious sedation, the patient sleeps through the entire treatment.

Kids with special needs, including illnesses, disabilities, and other limitations often have a hard time sitting in the dentist’s chair. Conscious sedation helps patients relax so they can have an anxiety-free and pain free dentist visit.

For patients who need extensive work or who cannot relax enough with conscious sedation, unconscious sedation (or sleep dentistry) provides a way to receive treatment that is both painless and stress-free.

The Blende Dental Group

The Blende Dental Group has been working with special needs patients for over 20 years and is proud to offer pain free dentist visits to patients of all ages and circumstances. We offer several types of conscious and unconscious sedation as well as an inviting office environment and compassionate staff that are conductive to our patients’ special needs.

To learn more about our work with special needs children and our pain free dentistry or to schedule an appointment, please call 1.800.575.3375 or visit our contact page to send us a message.

Did you know that dental health is vital to maintaining overall good health? By getting regular check-ups and cleanings, you can avoid more serious dental problems, such as gum disease or tooth decay.

But many patients avoid seeing a dentist regularly. Some people postpone making an appointment because it’s an inconvenience. Others avoid making appointments because they fear a trip to the dentist means getting a procedure that will be painful.

Regular visits to the dentist are the best way to avoid complex procedures. The more time that lapses between visits, the greater the chances that you’ll need more than an exam and cleaning.

Sometimes it’s necessary to treat more serious dental problems. Letting cavities or gum disease go untreated only results in bigger problems down the road. And with modern dentistry methods, getting these problems treated can be far less painful that living with them.

Thanks to new medications and modern dentistry methods, pain free dentist visits are possible.

Imagine going to the dentist to have work done, but instead of sitting anxiously in the dentist’s chair, you feel completely calm, listening to soothing music and comfortably relaxing or sleeping through the entire procedure.

Sedation Dentistry

Sedation dentistry has made pain free dentist visits possible. Using medications that alleviate pain and help you relax, a dentist can perform simple to complex procedures and ensure that your teeth and gums are healthy. All this can be done painlessly.

There are two types of sedation dentistry: conscious sedation and unconscious sedation.

With conscious sedation, you are given a sedative to keep you relaxed but awake during a procedure. Conscious sedation is administered orally with a pill (usually Halcion or valium) or a gas called nitrous oxide (laughing gas). You will remain awake and aware while your dental work is being done, but you will be completely relaxed and will feel no pain.

Unconscious sedation, which is often called sleep dentistry, is a procedure in which you are asleep for your entire procedure. Using either an IV sedative or general anesthesia (administered by a licensed anesthesiologist), you will fall into a deep sleep, and when you wake up, your dental work will be completed.

One-Sleep-Visit™ Total Dentistry

The Blende Dental Group is at the forefront of sedation dentistry, where pain free dentist techniques make even the most elaborate treatments painless. We’ve made this possible through our One-Sleep-Visit Total Dentistry Method, which provides our patients with painless, full-mouth restoration in a single procedure.

No matter how serious or severe your dental problems are, we can treat you painlessly in a single visit. This is done through unconscious sedation. We bring in any specialists that need to work on your teeth and gums, from endodontists to periodontists, and work together as a team to restore your mouth to full health.

This means your procedure is painless and that you won’t need to arrange a series of appointments over a long period of time. Our One-Sleep-Visit is convenient and pain free.

Post-Procedure Treatment

Many patients worry that they will have pain after their dental procedure. We help our patients avoid post-treatment pain and soreness with over-the-counter medications, such as Ibuprofen. For more complex procedures, we can offer prescription medications to relieve pain until your mouth is completely healed.

Either way, we will make sure you remain pain-free.

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Here at the Blende Dental Group, in addition to ensuring total dental health, we make sure our patients have a positive and comfortable experience.To learn more or to schedule a pain free dentist appointment, please call 1.800.575.3375.

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