I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! I woke up this morning to more lovely Phoenix sunshine, a perfect way to start off a Monday, and then I heard it, the phone ring and there it was, the confirmation for my dentist appointment. Needless to say I am totally and completely afraid of the dentist. However, I am in plentiful company, a study found that around 50% of Americans don’t visit the dentist regularly, out of fear. Of course that wasn’t a valid excuse when I tried to get out of going. But then I was introduced to a new type of dentistry; Sedation Dentistry. Sedation Dentistry is a new cutting edge form of dentistry that allows dentists to put patients on laughing gas (nitrous oxide sedation), oral sedation or IV sedation (general anesthesia) for any type of dental procedure. And Bonus! You can get complicated dental procedures done in just one visit! (That would’ve been nice to know before I got my wisdom teeth take out). But lets be real, if you or someone you care about is afraid of the dentist, give sedation dentistry a try. You may just be surprised at how easy a dentist visit really can be… although there is no guarantee on the scent of the waiting room.

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