Preparation for Dental Treatment at Tooth corner

Dental practice in the modern times have come a long way. There is a standard practice and procedures are laid down to ensure patient safety and involvement in the whole treatment procedure in order to get maximum benefits of the treatment. Often it is noticed that in a clinical environment patients are anxious and stressed because its a new environment and at times its an unreasonable fear or anxiety which has to be dealt with in order to ensure seamless dental care delivery.

This article is an attempt from our Stoney Creek  Dentists , describing how they deal with anxious patients and make them ready for dental treatment as soon as they have walked in to the dental office.

Counselling the patient

Communication is very important of any kind of dental practice or other healthcare delivery. After the dental examination is done, our qualified dentists start communicating with the patients and communicate with the issue they have, the solutions planned and the process of delivery. While they explain the various stages of treatment whether it is a one time treatment or several appointments are planned , its clearly communicated to the patient along with the inclusions. If the treatment is slightly invasive it is also explained to the patients that what measures the dentist is going to take to make it painless and minimal invasion. While interacting with the patients the experienced staff build an environment of trust and use verbal and non verbal communications to soothe the patient and prepare mentally for accepting and participating the dental treatment.

Reassurance

Assuring and reassuring the patients with confidence and citing examples of similar other treatments which have been administered in similar cases and their positive outcomes brings tremendous positive vibes to the patients. Often an anxious patient is seen to believe and readily accept real life incidents and examples and becomes prepared to cooperate with the dentist and accept the treatment.

Distraction

Distraction is a very old but effective method of engaging the focus of the patient in something other than the phobia of the clinic or dentist. Often it has been very effective method with children who are scared of needles or the environment of clinics. Several methods to divert the attention of the patient and in turn making sure the dental treatment requirements are ready and then simultaneously inducing the patient in to the treatment process can be proven very effective.

Sedation

Sedation dentistry is widely administered to calm down a nervous patient. Several types of sedation options are available. The patient is explained about the available options. It could be an oral sedative or nitrous oxide mask. Before administering the sedation option, the dentist should clearly explain about the use of the sedation and that is to relax a patient and provide dental care in a pain free way. When the patients are explained and involved in the decision making it empowers the patients and certainly results in better outcomes of the treatment process.