{"id":1212,"date":"2011-10-14T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T12:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2011-10-14T12:38:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T12:38:21","slug":"kiss-your-dental-fear-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/kiss-your-dental-fear-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss Your Dental Fear Goodbye!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blow-kiss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1213\" style=\"border:3px solid black;margin:3px;\" title=\"blow kiss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blow-kiss.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blow-kiss.jpg 359w, https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blow-kiss-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>About half of Americans do not\u00a0visit the dentist, and up to 20% of this number feel scared, anxious, or stressed about dental appointments. Dental phobia has many levels. Some folks just get kind of queasy, while others experience <a title=\"Don\u2019t Be Scared! Ask Dr. Pate about\u00a0Sedation\u00a0Dentistry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/dont-be-scared-ask-about-sedation-dentistry\/\" target=\"_blank\">debilitating fear<\/a>. The good news is, you don\u2019t have to be scared any longer. You\u2019re thinking, yeah right! Consider, however, that while <a title=\"Atlanta Sedation Dentist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/meet-the-dentist.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Pate and our staff<\/a> are friendly, gentle, and caring, I\u2019m talking about\u00a0<strong>medication<\/strong> to ease your fear. This is not a mind-over-matter suggestion. <a title=\"Buckhead Atlanta Dental Sedation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sedation dentistry<\/a> will make you feel relaxed and calm during dental visits.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to providing nitrous oxide (laughing gas), a safe and effective way of alleviating dental phobia, Dr. Pate also offers oral conscious sedation. He can prescribe a single dose of anti-anxiety medication for you to take before your dental treatment. The drug will make you feel groggy, but it will not induce sleep. Some people do fall asleep because they\u2019re so relaxed. Rest assured, with oral sedation, you\u2019ll retain the ability to speak and respond to Dr. Pate. While you\u2019re sedated, we\u2019ll keep a close eye on your heart rate, as well as your comfort level.<\/p>\n<p>Sedation dentistry is perfect for patients who:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are scared or stressed about dental visits<\/li>\n<li>Fear pain<\/li>\n<li>Have had\u00a0unpleasant dental\u00a0experiences<\/li>\n<li>Have a sensitive gag reflex<\/li>\n<li>Have physical discomfort in the dental chair<\/li>\n<li>Have difficulty or experience pain holding their mouths open<\/li>\n<li>Need many hours of dental work completed as quickly as possible<\/li>\n<li>Have special needs because of cognitive or mental disabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about sedation dentistry, call Dr. Peter Pate. Our office is in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, GA. Feel free to talk with us about your concerns on the phone, or schedule a non-clinical appointment so that we can discuss sedation dentistry before you decide upon treatment. Call our office at 404-266-9424 to schedule an appointment today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider, however, that while Dr. Pate and our staff are friendly, gentle, and caring, I\u2019m talking about drugs to ease your fear. This is not a mind-over-matter suggestion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[217,304,485,510,518,519,632,761,799,814,832,846,910,911,912,974],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}