Firstly, we recognise that there are many reasons why you may feel anxious about visiting the dentist. The reasons you have acquired dental phobia are unique to you, and therefore, the most important thing we can do is listen to you, get to know you and understand the reasons that have led you to be here.

Our team is trained to listen to your feelings, understand your concerns and most importantly never judge you.

Fear can manifest itself differently for each person and each reason is just as valid as the other. For some it’s the mere thought of dentists, whilst for others they may have had a bad experience, worry about the lack of control or worry about being judged due to the condition of their mouth.

Dental phobia is nothing to be ashamed of and no reason is more significant than another. Patient care is at the centre of everything we do, YOU are in control.

Yes we provide conscious IV sedation for our patients who need a little more support and who would otherwise be unable to have dental treatment.

We have provided sedation for the most basic procedures, including an examination, to the most complex and involved treatment plans.

You are conscious, but in a totally different state of mind, throughout your treatment allowing you to continue to communicate with our dental team should you need to. Rest assured you will be relaxed and comfortable throughout.

Our nurses are so intuitive that we rarely need to speak with each other so there will be no talking ‘over you’ with dental jargon allowing you to just relax and listen to the calming, sedate ambient music in the background.

Yes, of course! When you attend your assessment prior to your sedation appointment we will ask you a series of questions one of these being; What is your choice of soft drink?

On the day of your appointment your chosen drink will be waiting for you with some of the sedative mixed in. You will meet either Becky, Louise or Kim – your experienced sedation dental nurses, who will apply a small amount of topical gel onto the cannulation site.

You can sit in our tranquil patient lounge, listening to calming, sedate ambient music with your drink whilst waiting for your appointment time.

This allows for the sedative to begin working its magic and you will be in a much more relaxed, sedative state when you enter the surgery allowing us to begin your treatment.