¿Qué puedo hacer si tengo ansiedad dental?
El Dr. Anthony Mobasser, un reconocido dentista cosmético en Beverly Hills y Los Ángeles, habla sobre el miedo dental y los diferentes métodos que podemos ofrecer para aliviar su ansiedad durante el procedimiento.
A lot of people ask me that ‘I’m really worried to come to a dentist.’ There’s many, many options that we can use to make you comfortable. Basically, there’s three ways, okay, that we can sedate the patient. One is called conscious sedation or oral sedation, which we can give use some pills.
However, you cannot drive. You have to have somebody accompany you. The other one is called IV sedation. Same scenario, except under IV sedation, you are much more comfortable. You’re basically sleeping.
You don’t remember anything, you don’t feel any pain. However, you have to have again somebody drive you home and bring you to the office. On the IV sedation, we recommend 6 hours before you do not drink or eat. I do recommend IV sedation for patients who even do not want to hear the drill, as they call it, because that would make them nervous. If they’re gaggers, definitely go under IV sedation.
There is also another sedation we use. It’s called actually general anesthesia, but that is done usually in the hospital. On extreme cases, we go ahead and use that methodology. Other than that, if you’re a little bit worried, I do recommend oral sedation or conscious sedation. You’ll be a little bit sedated, but it will really take the edge off. In cases of again, if you’re a bad gagger or you really have a phobia as far as dentistry goes, IV sedation is highly recommended.
¿Qué hacer después de la sedación intravenosa?
- Asegúrese de que una persona responsable le acompañe a casa. Se recomienda que permanezca en casa el resto del día.
- Permanezca en presencia de una persona responsable hasta que vuelva a estar totalmente alerta.
- Evite cualquier actividad agotadora o laboriosa (incluida la conducción) durante el resto del día.
- No consuma una comida pesada de inmediato. Si sientes hambre, es mejor que tomes alimentos ligeros, como una tostada.
- Si te encuentras mal y tienes náuseas, túmbate. Un refresco también puede ayudar.
- No consuma alcohol ni tome medicamentos durante el resto del día, a menos que el dentista le indique lo contrario.
- Siga tomando los medicamentos que le indique su dentista.
- Si ocurre algo inusual, llame a su dentista.