Comfortable Dental Care at PHD ...
Are you concerned with Comfort? We take care of our patients at PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry ... beginning with Nitrous Oxide or "Laughing Gas", "The Wand" (local anesthetic without the syringe), The "Dental Button" (You Control the Drill) and going on to Oral Anxiolysis Sedation (a pill that eases anxiety) or Conscious Oral Sedation* Dentistry (You might not even remember your visit the next day!) ... And culminating with Dentistry performed while under complete General Anesthesia (available via Premier Dental Anesthesia Board-Certified MD Anesthesiologists) in the comfort and privacy of our State-of-the-Art Dentistry Office -- You'll Know that Your Comfort is our First Concern....
We are passionate in providing a completely Anxiety-Free Dentistry Experience. With this in mind, we understand that many patients would like above-and-beyond type methods of ensuring a comfortable visit to the dental office. Thus, we are proud to offer the following ....
Nitrous Oxide -- Laughing Gas
Some patients are really pretty alright with the whole dental treatment thing. They’ve been to the dentist for many years and really don’t have a debilitating type fear or phobia of the dentist. However, this class of patient would like a simple little method for “taking the edge off”. For these patients Nitrous Oxide aka “Laughing Gas” is well suited. There is nothing like a little music or television combined with some soothing, and ultra-safe Nitrous Oxide for a comfortable, stress-free dental visit!
"The Wand" – The Syringe is a Thing of the Past
The mere sight of a dental syringe (much less the thought of having an injection with it) can easily make most patients wish they were someplace else. For this reason, Dr. Schlotz employs the use of “The Wand”. It is a high tech and very comfortable method for local anesthetic. The computer controlled flow rate of The Wand leaves many patients, after receiving anesthetic, asking “so when do I get the shot?”. Their level of surprise with our answer is many times exceeded by their cheeriness.
The "Dental Button" – Stop the Drill!
Do you feel out of control in dental chair? Does having treatment performed make you feel helpless? To the rescue is a highly innovative, patient-centric device that empowers the dental patient enabling an instant shut-off of the drill. No more waving of the Hand which takes a second or two, followed by a response delay of the dentist, who then (finally) lifts his foot off the power pedal. Even potentially worse, no more fear of jerking the head with a high-speed drill in the mouth.
The Dental Button is placed in the palm of the patient with the thumb properly positioned over the activator. And, if desired for any reason, in a split-second the drill is OFF. The Dental Button is just what the patient ordered!
*Standard Disclaimer and Patient Information per: Missouri State Board Regulations as pertaining to Teeth Whitening, Cosmetic, Sedation & Implant Dentistry*
All are non-specialty interest areas that require no specific educational training to advertise. Drs. Schlotz and Von Rump are GENERAL DENTISTS and are engaged in the practice of GENERAL DENTISTRY in the State Of Missouri. Thus, they are NOT licensed in the specialties of prosthodontics, orthodontics, periodontics or oral-maxillofacial surgery.
TMJ Treatment is a non-specialty area not recognized by the ADA and requires no specific educational training to advertise.
*Standard Disclaimer and Patient Information Regarding Oral Sedation and Dentistry performed under General Anesthesia (commonly referred to as Sleep Dentistry)*
Conscious Sedation is taught as part of post graduate residency programs approved by the ADA. Dr. Wm Schlotz and Von Rump have not completed such an ADA approved residency program.
It is a requirement (set forth by the Missouri Dental Board) that a licensed dentist be further licensed (Division of Professional Registration, State of Missouri) to perform oral sedation (aka Enteral Conscious Sedation) in the state of Missouri. Dr. Schlotz and Team have taken the Mandatory Training and Education for this licensure which includes over 20 hrs of training and education in the area of Oral Sedation and Medical Emergency Management. Dr. Schlotz and Team have also taken a 2nd Non-Mandatory course (of 25 hrs) in Oral Sedation and Emergency Medical Management.
Upon this licensure in the field of Oral Sedation, an "Enteral Conscious Sedation Permit" is thereby issued to licensee. Dr. William J. Schlotz has received certification and has been issued License #2009005253.
PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry has received an ENTERAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION SITE CERTIFICATE issued by the Missouri Dental Board (certificate/license #2009004858).
Dr. Schlotz and Von Rump are not providers of Deep Sedation Dentistry (wherein the treating dentist is also responsible for the deep sedation - commonly referred to as "sleep dentistry").
General Dentistry at PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry is performed under General Anesthesia ONLY in concert with Premier Dental Anesthesiology (Board Certified MDs) as the attending caregivers and physicians of the general anesthesia.
PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry has been issued, by the Missouri Dental Board, a DEEP SEDATION/GENERAL ANESTHESIA SITE CERTIFICATE (#2008025661).