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First is, I think, we ask questions, and we get out on the table what happened in the past or what triggers their anxiety from the dental office. And then, from there, you know, we can offer three levels of…I actually call it relaxation. I mean, it’s not true sedation in that you’re totally under, totally out, but a relaxed state. And we have three different options that we use.
One is an all-natural option. It’s called NuCalm, and it’s interesting technology, and we were one of the first in Arizona to ever use it almost a decade ago. But it takes neurolinguistic sound waves and embeds them into, like, spa-like music, which those new neurolinguistic undertones help to decrease our body’s anxiety reaction, which some people call the fight-or-flight response, helps to decrease that, which slows the mind down, relaxes our body. And that along with, like, some covered or dark glasses to take the eyes from seeing so many things allows the body to relax, and patients can be treated with that, you know, very easily.
Another level is the…The term is laughing gas or nitrous oxide. It’s very common. That’s been around for centuries. You know, it can take people to, you know, a level of relaxation. It helps local anesthetic work better, but, again, takes the mind away from things and minimizes worry and anxiousness.
And then a third way does require a driver for the patient but is to take just a simple pill ahead of time, an anti-anxiety pill. Again, it won’t put you totally under, but will definitely make you, you know, less aware of everything that we may be doing to help you. Definitely, you know, relaxes the mind and just makes the time pass, which is so important for, I think, for so many people with anxiety.