Q: Will I feel any pain or be aware of anything about the dental treatment?
A: Your anaesthetist will ensure you are relaxed and unaware before the dentist even enters the room. Sleep Dentistry begins before the first needles are given by the dentist and you will awake when it is all over with no recollection of anything. There is no pain or discomfort.

Q: Will I be asleep?
A: You are in a very deeply relaxed state from which you are still responsive. It is commonly referred to as Twilight Sedation or Twilight Sleep. When you fully wake up, you have no recollection of the entire procedure.

Q: Will I be monitored?
A: Yes, Dr Raiz is sitting at your side the entire time. You will be fully monitored with all the latest safety equipment and he uses a sophisticated infusion driver, giving you controlled amounts of medication so you'll wake faster. He is constantly adjusting and maintaining your sedation and monitoring your pulse, blood pressure, carbon dioxide, oxygen saturation, ECG and your depth of sedation. You are never alone.

Q: Does the Dentist still have to give me injections in the mouth?
A: Depending on your procedure you may still get Local Anaesthesia but only when you are asleep. Local aesthetic injections are still important to make sure that you have no pain. The big difference however is that you won't feel or be aware of any of the needles - Sleep Dentistry begins first.

Q: Is it safe?
A: Yes. Thousands of people undergo sedation every day for a wide variety of uncomfortable procedures such as endoscopy, bronchoscopy, colonoscopy and dentistry. Very small doses are used in sleep dentistry. The safety of sedation is very well documented in numbers of studies as well as in every day clinical use. When administered and supervised by an experienced Specialist Anaesthetist, sedation is both safe and highly effective. Australia is one of the safest places in the world to have an anaesthetic.

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