NITROUS OXIDE (LAUGHING GAS)

Your dental visit fills you with crippling worry. Your child must remain still during a lengthy procedure. When the dentist places instruments in your mouth, you can't stop gagging. Laughing gas may be necessary in any of these scenarios to provide a positive dental experience.

What Does Laughing Gas Do?

Nitrous oxide (N2O), often known as laughing gas is a moderate sedative that safely and effectively controls pain and anxiety during dental procedures.

The Advantages of Laughing Gas

Since nitrous oxide is a secure and reliable sedation option, dentists favour it. By breathing pure oxygen through a mask, the effects of laughing gas—which instantly calm patients—wear off. Additionally, nitrous oxide does not put you to sleep, allowing you to hear and react to any queries or directions from the dentist.

What is Laughing Gas Used For?

For the following situations, the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD) suggests using nitrous oxide:

Patients who exhibit anxiety, worry, or resistance

patients who require specialised medical care

patients whose gag reflexes make it difficult to provide dental care

Patients that don't react to local anaesthesia well

Younger patients who must undergo lengthy dental procedures

Nitrous Oxide for Children

Children are equally safe from nitrous oxide, right? Laughing gas is generally believed to be acceptable to youngsters. Many kids exhibit enthusiasm when using the gas and claim to experience tingling or warm sensation. The laughing gas helps speed treatments where the child must remain still for extended periods of time but are not very painful.

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