Mild sedation may be achieved by taking oral medication is a whereby your dentist administers drugs that is consumed about half an hour before to start of your dental treatment. The anti-anxiety medication helps to calm nerves.

Another option is on the use of nitrous oxide or laughing gas. This is also known as twilight sedation. Your dentist administers the gas mixed with oxgyen breathing through a nose piece masks whilst having treatment. You are conscious but feel relaxed.  

Intravenous sedation (IV sedation) is also known as twilight dentistry. Anesthesia medication is given intravenously through a vein to relaxes you. The amount of anesthesia or pain-relieve dosage can be adjusted to each individual. A minimal amount make you drowsy A higher dose may be given to keep you awake but you may not remember the procedure.

Patients are also be placed to a light sleep state by intravenous sedation (IV sedation) at the dental unit. The amount of anesthesia and pain-relieve dosage can be controlled. The anaesthesiologist gradually administers the correct amount based on your weight and individual reaction to the medication. For deep sedation with intravenous sedation, you will not remember having dental treatment.

General anaesthesia (GA) is done within an operating theatre and is a form of deep sedation. Anaesthesia medication is given so that you are asleep during dental treatments. It is therefore sometimes termed as sleep dentistry. You will not have any memory of having dental treatment. For deep dental sedation, patients require ventilation assistance to maintain breathing.

The cost of sedation dentistry depends on the amount of anaesthesia and pain relieve medication given as well as the required length under sedation. 

At BIDH dental hospital, mild oral sedation costs from 2,250 baht (approx USD 75). You are able to consult online with our dentist and doctor on the level of sedation dentistry required for your type of treatment. Our staff can then provide you with a reference package price if requiring dental sedation.

Any sedation option can carry risks of complications, it is therefore important that you do choose a provider that follows necessary standards, has qualified healthcare staff and required emergency equipments on standby.  

No. Sedation standards and process can vary from one dental clinic to another. There is a basic check-list of equipments and documents that dental clinics in Thailand must met to obtain a dental clinic license. However, the mandatory requirements is a minimal listing. A dental clniic can choose to obtain additional international standard certifications, but this is entirely optional.

There are a vareity of options for pain management and sedation. Some dental practices offers nitrous oxide that is a colorless and odorless “laughing gas” used as a mild sedative. BIDH dental hospital currently uses IV sedation (intravenous sedation) instead of nitrous oxide as the effect and amount of sedative medication administered can be better controlled in a safe environment.

All sedatives including nitrous oxide can pose healht and life risks if they are not controlled and monitored for. At BIDH dental hospital, as experts on sedative dentistry for dental treatments, we take various precuations and steps in case of case complications.

You will have to check with your insurance coverage schemes. Some insurance do cover in-patient treatments for sedative dentistry and BIDH dental hospital supports claim forms where requested. Most basic insurance however cover mainly functional treatments.