Hospital Dentistry/General Anesthesia is a management technique that uses medication to have your child become unconscious and asleep during dental treatment. This enables us to complete all of your child’s dental treatment in one visit. This is usually recommended factoring in your child’s age, anxiety level, amount of treatment needed, and emotional well-being. We treat our children at the NHRMC ambulatory surgery unit. The treatment usually takes one to two hours, with the post-operative period taking about an hour. Prior to the treatment, your child will be given some oral medicine that will make him/her feel funny, silly, and maybe a little sleepy. Your child should have no or very little memory of the entire procedure.
