The most common fear when it comes to dentistry is of pain when having treatment.
Winning Smiles is passionate about eradicating this fear by providing painless dentistry as standard.
How can dentistry be painless?
Start with painless injections
Often injections can be very painful and cause patients to worry about this numbing more than the treatment itself. We feel it is important to make this entirely painless too.
Starting an appointment with a painful injection is starting off on entirely the wrong foot!
At Winning Smiles we use local anaesthetic, the same as any other Dentist. However we administer it with the Dental Wand.
The Dental Wand releases a small dose of anaesthetic so that the area is being numbed before the needle goes in. This means a pain free injection for everyone, every time.
We use this technique for every level of treatment, whether it is children or adults.
Some dentists charge extra to use this technology – but for us it is at the heart of our painless dental philosophy, not an optional extra!
What about someone with a sensitive mouth?
We also use a numbing gel prior to using our Wand – this may not always be necessary with The Wand, however we prefer the belt and braces approach in such an important area of our work.
Some patients feel if the anaesthetic is cold in their gums and for patients with sensitivities this can also cause pain whilst numbing. We counteract this by only using anaesthetic that is pre-warmed to your body temperature.
Why have I not heard of this?
This is a method we have been using for ten years and we have had fantastic reviews from customers on how comfortable our treatments are.
And finally – the most important ingredient?
We take our time – anaesthetic does not take effect ‘at the speed of light’!
Often new patients tell us that their experience of fillings is a sharp pain from the injection followed by a dentist drilling the tooth before it has gone properly numb: the result? Pain and Fear.
