Sedation Dentistry provides patients a way of completing dental treatment while being totally relaxed and completely comfortable. Sedation Dentistry is NOT general anesthesia, and there are no IV’s or injections of sedatives. Rather, oral sedatives are used to achieve a state of total relaxation. Sedation Dentistry allows the patient to be conscious and responsive. The patient is very sleepy and relaxed but will still be able to verbalize their needs and wants. To ensure the patients safety, vital signs (pulse rate, blood pressure, respiration) are continually monitored. Baseline readings are taken at the patient’s first visit to establish normalcy. The sedatives used are amnesiacs, so the patient retains little or no memory of the experience. Sedation allows a dental phobic patient a quick and efficient way to improve their oral health and maintain a beautiful smile.