There are all kinds of people who are made anxious by the prospect of visiting the dentist’s office, and most people who have been in the field for a long time are used to helping nervous patients feel at ease. One of the main tools that dentists have to do that is sedation dentistry, and one of the main sedatives that’s used is nitrous oxide.
While it’s remarkably effective at calming patients down, not knowing what it feels like to be on sedatives may make you more nervous, as opposed to less. If you are curious to know more about sedatives, here’s how they’re likely to make you feel over the course of a treatment.
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