As a private practitioner through Ramapo Valley Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Oakland, New Jersey, Dr. Anup Muduli performs a variety of procedures ranging from bone grafting to third molar removal. Dr. Anup Muduli maintains an in-depth knowledge of the sedation options available to oral surgery patients.

A key part of the practice of dentistry, modern pain control comes in a variety of forms. Simple procedures frequently call for no more than local anesthetic, which leaves the patient fully awake and responsive yet unaffected by pain.

Nervous patients or those with more in-depth needs, however, may elect to undergo sedation or anesthesia.

Sedation in dentistry ranges from conscious sedation, wherein a patient is responsive yet at a reduced level of consciousness, to full general anesthesia. Midway between these options is moderate sedation, in which a patient can respond to verbal commands, and deep sedation, in which patients respond to painful stimulation but not to verbal commands.

Full loss of consciousness only occurs

when the patient is under general

anesthesia, which may require

additional support to maintain the

patient airway. Any and all analgesic

methods require a high level of

practitioner expertise to monitor patient

response and avoid an unintentional

change in consciousness level.