Dr. Whitmore is a sedation dentist, which means that he has special training to provide dental sedation, otherwise known as sleep dentistry. If you have had unpleasant dental experiences and now find that you have great anxiety as you contemplate needed dental work, he can help you. And he serves Plano and the greater Dallas area. He is located in Plano, but anxious patients seek him out from the entire Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Visiting the dentist is a common phobia. It causes many people severe anxiety. Often, fearful patients forgo necessary dental care to avoid a visit to their dentist. If you find yourself feeling panicky at the thought of having your teeth worked on, you should know that a safe, comfortable relaxation method exists. Oral sedation alleviates anxiety, so you can face dental appointments with confidence.
By taking a pill before your dental appointment begins, you can become sedated and relaxed so that you are completely comfortable during your appointment. Your memory of the appointment will be spotty or even non-existent. For safety, your vital functions are monitored throughout the treatment.
Advantages of Sedation Dentistry
If you have had traumatic dental experiences, this may be the only way for you to receive needed dental care. Often, a history of dental trauma raises your anxiety level so much that Novocain doesn't seem to work well, or it wears off very quickly. This leads to additional traumatic experiences, and the vicious cycle goes on. Becoming sedated for dental treatment breaks this cycle of pain and anxiety and can get you back into a routine of preventive dental care.
Sedation can help you overcome the tendency to avoid dental treatment, and thus can reduce the trauma and expense you experience. The more you avoid care of your teeth, the more complicated and expensive it becomes. All cavities start out tiny. It's when they are neglected that they grow and easily become serious. But with regular checkups and preventive care, treatment can often be kept simple and inexpensive.
Finally, with sedation you can have much more treatment accomplished in a single sitting. Even if you have little anxiety, it is difficult to sit through a four-hour appointment if you are fully awake. However, with sleep dentistry, most people have little problem with an appointment of that length.
To read more, visit our patient library article on sleep dentistry.
Dr. Whitmore is a Leading Plano Sedation Dentist and many patients have allowed us to help them with their dental fears. You may wish to read the experiences of Shirley, in the article from Living Magazine. Dr. Whitmore has been treating patients in the Dallas area since 1983, providing sedation for thousands of cases. So he has a long history of patient safety and excellent care. He has the experience to put you at ease.
