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Sleep Dentistry

Sleep dentistry helps anxious patients relax during treatments, ensuring a stress-free, comfortable experience while receiving essential dental care.

Have you been putting off dental treatment due to fear or anxiety?

Many people experience dental anxiety and often feel scared or nervous about treatment. At Carrum Downs Dental care, we can ease your nerves and dental anxiety with our sleep dentistry solutions. Our sleep dentistry services in Melbourne allow you to get the treatment you need in a relaxing, comfortable environment where you don’t have to hear the drills or feel any needles.

Unpleasant past dental experiences can be deep-seated into a patient and prevent them from getting essential dental treatments. This is where our various sedation options can help to overcome that anxiety, in conjunction with other techniques for dental procedures. So, there’s no need to put off dental procedures anymore, as our team and solutions can provide you with a comfortable and painless dental experience.

Procedures Carried Out Using Sleep Dentistry or Sedation Dentistry in Melbourne

Sleep dentistry is ideal to carry almost every dental procedure while keeping the patient from getting anxious. The procedures often carried out using sleep dentistry include:

How is Sleep Dentistry in Melbourne at Carrum Downs Dental Care Carried Out?

At Carrum Downs Dental Care, we boast of a qualified team of professionals adept at carrying out all dental procedures with precision. Like all other procedures, we require our patients to undergo consultation with our sleep dentistry specialist. After a thorough assessment of your condition, we curate a treatment plan suited to you that is convenient in terms of the schedule as well as the payment plan. Once the schedule has been agreed upon, we move ahead with the procedure for your dental treatment.

While performing any sleep dentistry procedures, our aestheticians provide IV sedations that help patients relax during the procedure with no pain or discomfort marring the experience.

What Is Sleep Dentistry?

Sleep dentistry is a method that uses medication to help patients to relax during dental procedures. It involves IV sedation and anaesthesia to induce sleep and reduce pain, during dental procedures or oral surgery. It eliminates fear, anxiety and discomfort that is often associated with general dentistry.

Sleep dentistry is also referred to as dental sedation and sedation dentistry. It’s a highly effective method to relieve those with dental phobias and an ideal option for those who require complex dental procedures such as implants or crowns.

Who Else is Sleep Dentistry Suitable For?

Sleep Dentistry is a suitable option for patients who have a fear of going to the dentist, and those who experience the following:

  • Those who have a low pain threshold
  • Those undergoing a complex procedure
  • Those requiring a large amount of dental work
  • Those who have sensitive teeth
  • Those with a strong gag reflex
  • Those who have a fear of dental needles


Before your appointment, our dentists will consult you to determine if sleep dentistry is right for you.