Need a dental check-up but phobic of the dentist? How our team at Craigentinny Dental Care can help

Being scared of the dentist can be difficult, especially when you start to get toothache.

Dental phobias are surprisingly common, and many people who become nervous at the thought of sitting in a dental chair often try their hardest to look after their teeth to try and ensure that they will not require that biannual trip to their nearest dental surgery.

This technique rarely works and eventually, even the most diligent tooth brusher will require a check-up sooner or later, so what are your options? You can take painkillers and hope the pain goes away or you can bite the bullet and book a check-up with your dentist.

Today, all dental surgeries are equipped and able to help the most phobic of dental patients. Craigentinny can offer a range of options to reduce your anxiety and can even offer you sedation dentistry in Edinburgh if required.

What is sedation dentistry?

If the thought of even having a basic check-up overwhelms you when you book your appointment with us, please inform our receptionists or use our online form to specify that you want this to be performed. Our dental team can easily accommodate sedation dentistry in Edinburgh along with other forms of relaxation techniques.

Sedation dentistry in Edinburgh at Craigentinny involves intravenous sedation to relax you during the procedure. You will be partially conscious but after the procedure is over, you will have no memory of what occurred and therefore, you will not associate the examination with anxiety but with relaxation.

Please be advised that when you undertake any form of sedation with us, you will need to have a friend or family member with you, to ensure that you get home safely. We advise against driving for 24 hours post sedation, along with operating heavy machinery.

Alternative ways we can help you

Of course, sedation is not the only way we can help you overcome your fear of the dentist; we offer many other alternatives which we encourage you to look through.

E-consultation

If you want to get to know our dental team before you visit us at our surgery, we can offer you an email consultation. During this, we will be happy to answer any questions you may have about our surgery, our experience and most importantly, how we help our most nervous patients.

This consultation puts you at no obligation, you are not required to attend our surgery for treatment afterwards

Phone consultation

Don’t like communicating through email? We also offer phone consultations, to help you put a voice to a member of our team. Typically, the phone consultation will be performed by one of our experienced dental nurses, who will voice any concerns you may have to our dentists, if you choose to proceed with treatment at our surgery.

At Craigentinny, we aim to make our most nervous patients comfortable so contact us today and let’s beat your dental phobia together!