St. Louis Hills Dental Group

For difficult treatment we can give you a prescription for tranquilizing pills to take before your treatment begins. We also have “happy gas”, nitrous oxide. Just, please tell us in advance of your need. We have developed many new techniques that enable us to help you enjoy treatment without pain or discomfort. You will have cream for your lips to protect them, and dark glasses to protect your eyes. We have radios with headphones for you to listen to. If you need to have anesthetic, we will use a powerful anesthetic cream to numb your gum before we begin treatment. We can do many treatments without anesthetic, yet without pain. We can often use “Micro Air Abrasion” instead of a drill. With old fashioned mercury fillings it was necessary to drill into live parts of a tooth to lock the filling in place. This caused pain and in many cases over a period of time broke the tooth. We use chemical bonding to join the new restorative materials to teeth and make them strong.