Family Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry - Dr. Richard V. Grubb

Patient Comfort

Pain Management, Relaxation and Sedation

If fear has been keeping you from seeking dental care, you are not alone. Dr. Grubb has treated hundreds of patients like you successfully. In our practice, we discuss your concerns, administer the appropriate sedation to calm your nerves and make sure your treatment is comfortable. Learn more about our sedation options. Before you know it, you’ll be saying, “It’s over already?”

Have no Fear
We know how anxious the thought of visiting the dentist can make you feel and we know how to help you overcome those fears.

We take the time to listen to your concerns, and schedule to complete your treatment in the least number of appointments. A wide array of relaxation techniques is available to our patients, including pre-treatment sedative medication to take the edge off.

We use the latest techniques to make sure you are comfortable during each procedure.

Modern anesthesia allows us to perform both minor dental and complex surgical procedures in the office with no discomfort. Several different anesthesia techniques are utilized in our office tailored to your individual needs and insure that your visit to our dental office is as pleasant and comfortable as possible.

Local Anesthesia

Experienced use of this method creates a pain-free area that can be operated on in complete comfort.

Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide)

This mild sedative relieves apprehension and makes procedure time pass more quickly. The major advantage to using laughing gas is that it is almost immediately reversible and you are back to a normal mental state, which means that you can drive yourself home.

Twilight Sleep (I.V. Sedation)

With this method, drugs are administered to you intravenously at the time of treatment. This is Dr Grubb's preferred method of sedation for surgical procedures. Is is safe, effective, and less risky than general anesthesia.

A combination of drugs is given to lessen your sensation of pain and to provide a deeper level of sedation than the other methods described. With this technique you will have little or no awareness or memory of the procedure performed. If you receive I.V. sedation, someone has to bring you to the office and drive you home afterwards.

With all these sedative techniques, local anesthetic is given to make your treatment pain-free.

Patient Comfort Items

Additionally, a variety of patient comfort items are available to make your treatment as pleasant as possible:

Bose noise canceling headphones with CD player. We encourage you to bring musical selections of your choice for your listening pleasure.
Stress balls
Heated aromatherapy towels
Blankets
Warm scented towels
Juice, spring water, coffee
Ibuprofen

Preventive Dentistry - A Crucial Element of Our Practice

Your diligent home care is critical to your dental health, but even if you brush and floss every day, eventually calculus will form on your teeth, and under your gumline, where the toothbrush cannot reach. which only can be removed by professional hygiene recare treatments

We believe that everyone should keep their own teeth for their entire lifetime and enjoy optimum oral health. To support that belief, preventative dental care is a priority with us through regular dental checkups, X-rays, fluoride treatments, periodontal evaluations, oral cancer screenings, and oral hygiene instructions with the intent of preventing dental decay and gum disease.

During your visit, Dr Grubb will check for tissue changes in your mouth that could signify oral cancer. More that 30,000 people in the US will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year-that's three every hour. Only half of them will be alive in five years. Today oral cancer is not only diagnosed in men who are smokers, but in nonsmoking individuals in their 30's and 40's.

We consider this area so important that we allow one hour or more for hygiene/recare appointments even though most HMO-practices allow only 30 minutes.

Family Implant & Reconstructive Dentistry * Richard V. Grubb D.D.S
203 S. Washington Street, Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078
410.939.5800 or 1-800-510-5640

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