{"id":574,"date":"2015-08-19T16:06:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T21:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/?p=574"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:04:45","slug":"anesthesia-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/anesthesia-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Anesthesia Options at your Houston Oral Surgeon\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Piney<\/a>Your Houston Oral Surgeon Offers Anesthesia Options<\/h2>\nYears of experience in the dental field has taught me a lot about people. I\u2019ve learned about our values, our common goals, and definitely about our fears. Let me tell you, no one likes going to the dentist–but too many people avoid the dentist for fear. Unfortunately, this often leads to more serious issues, that are then more painful to solve. It\u2019s a bad cycle, and it needs to be broken.\n\n\nIf you have moderate to severe anxiety regarding the dentist, there\u2019s good news for you. Today\u2019s dental work isn\u2019t your great-great-great grandfather\u2019s dentistry: as anesthesia options continue to improve, chances are excellent that you won\u2019t feel any pain at all. As you prepare for your upcoming procedure<\/a>, it\u2019s good to know which type of anesthesia is best for you.\n\nAt Piney Point, we use three types of anesthesia to ensure our patients are as comfortable as possible. The option your dentist recommends will depend on what\u2019s being done, your age and, of course, your emotional state at the time of the procedure.\n\nThe most common type of anesthesia is a local anesthesia<\/strong>, which means the medication is injected into the nerves surrounding the target area. That means if we\u2019re working on your upper right teeth, numbing will be limited to that area of your mouth. You\u2019ll remain totally awake but feel no pain during the procedure, and the numb sensation may last for several hours after. This is an excellent option for simple procedures like cavities and extractions in patients with little anxiety.\n\nIf you need something more than a local anesthesia–maybe your nerves won\u2019t let you sit still in the dentist chair, or if you have a considerable amount of work to be done–your oral surgeon may recommend intravenous anesthesia, or sedation, <\/strong>to help you relax completely. This is increasingly the most effective and popular option for patients with a fear of the dentist. With this option, you\u2019ll have the medication injected into your arm to put you in a sleepy state. Under this type of anesthesia, you\u2019re actually still awake, but totally removed from the surgery and will feel no pain at all.\n\nThe third choice, general anesthesia<\/strong>, is reserved for healthy patients in the office setting, and is a rare option these days. General anesthesia is what you think of when you think \u201csurgery\u201d — it puts you totally to sleep, so you remain unconscious for the duration of your procedure. Because sedation has proven so effective in helping to ease patient fear and anxiety, general anesthesia is generally reserved only for those with extreme anxiety, or for potentially trauma-inducing operations, like removing wisdom teeth that are covered in bone. We may also combine this option with IV sedation or general anesthesia to reduce anesthetic doses, while still allowing you to wake totally pain free.\n\nNo matter the anesthesia option you choose, you can breathe easy knowing we\u2019re keeping a close eye on your blood pressure, respiration, heart rate and blood oxygen levels to ensure your safety throughout the whole process. Then, after the procedure, you\u2019ll be able to come back to full alertness with a loved one seated next to you in our comfortable recovery room.\n

Call today<\/h2>\nIf dental anxiety is preventing you from seeing the dentist, don\u2019t let it. Know your anesthetic options, and turn to Piney Point<\/a> when you\u2019re ready to ease your fears with an anesthetic option.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your Houston Oral Surgeon Offers Anesthesia Options Years of experience in the dental field has taught me a lot about people. I\u2019ve learned about our values, our common goals, and definitely about our fears. Let me tell you, no one likes going to the dentist–but too many people avoid the dentist for fear. Unfortunately, this often leads to more serious issues, that are then more painful to solve. It\u2019s a bad cycle, and it needs to be broken. (Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33],"tags":[34,7,8,9,44,10,56,4,51,11,12,13,55,14,18,52,17,3,54,15,32],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-topics","category-sedation-dentistry","tag-anesthesia","tag-bellaire","tag-briargrove","tag-bunker-hill-village","tag-dr-koo","tag-galleria","tag-general-anesthesia","tag-houston","tag-houston-oral-surgeons","tag-hunters-creek-village","tag-katy","tag-lamar-terrace","tag-local-anesthesia","tag-meyerland","tag-oral-surgeon","tag-oral-surgeon-houston","tag-oral-surgery","tag-piney-point-oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery","tag-sedation-dentistry","tag-stafford","tag-wisdom-teeth-extraction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}