Our office uses 2 types of sedation/anesthesia. First, we offer nitrous oxide (“laughing gas”) to either young patients or patients that are just a bit nervous or scared of dental treatment. This option does not put the child to “sleep”, but works in a calming, relaxing manner to “take the edge off” of any nervousness. The second option is general anesthesia/deep sedation. This is the process of placing the patient under anesthesia in a state of “sleep” or “unawareness”. Patients who experience this option will be asleep before dental treatment begins, and thus, will have no memory of the dental treatment. This option is performed in partnership with licenses, board-certified dental anesthesiologists.