Conscious sedation is a combination of medicines to help the patient to relax (a sedative) and to block pain (an anesthetic) during a medical or dental procedure. The patient will probably stay awake, but may not remember having the procedure.
We are prepared to travel with all the equipment needed for sedation to most areas in London, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and surrounding areas.
If one of your patient’s decides that they would like conscious sedation, Our team will book them an appointment. SAF Medical will contact them for a telephone consultation before the appointment
Some children are too anxious to face the dentist and might not be suitable for inhalation sedation, e.g. after an attempt at inhalation sedation has failed.
We can screen children who might be suitable for IV sedation and this would avoid an invasive procedure, like general anesthesia, for a minor procedure like an extraction/filling of a deciduous tooth.
Since 1999, general anesthesia may only be done in hospital settings, therefore in an operating theatre with an anesthetist who would have to intubate and ventilate the child.
IV sedation is less invasive than a general anaesthetic and the recovery is much quicker. We offer IV sedation for suitable children with a highly experienced and equipped team.
This service would include a telephone consultation with the parent and spending an hour with the nurse before the appointment to build a rapport and apply numbing cream.
We will also spend time with the child as they recover, following the procedure, before they can go home.
As IV paediatric sedations are more time consuming, and also require the presence of a nurse, the fees are slightly higher than for adults
