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For all its brash boasts of advances in technology and treatments, some people in London people still ‘hate’ going to the dentists and seems that it is going to take a while, if ever, before we arrive at the point where, in some of our minds, going to the dentists is going to be a pleasurable experience, and you better believe it, dentists know this only too well, for an uncomfortable patient that may well be suffering from dental phobia is hard to treat. However, there is common ground for both parties and its called sedation. In some cases, it is the only way to get good dental care administered to the patient. Sedation techniques come in many guises and so as the patient, you should really sit down with your dentist and discuss the options before you undergo treatment. Of course, you also have to evaluate the levels of anxiety you have about the dentists before you can be sedated in the right way. More familiar techniques can be anything from a local anaesthetic to laughing gas that leaves you partially conscious throughout the treatment to being knocked out altogether- what also factors in this is the extent of the treatment you are having done. There are newer techniques of sedation being introduced into dental surgeries which involve hypnotherapy and the use of herbal incense and oils being used before treatments. You need to sit down and evaluate the way you can get your dental treatment done if you have any phobias or fears running around your head, but you do have the power to choose the way you are sedated during treatment.