For Your Comfort

Relaxation & Comfort Aids

• If you begin to feel chilly after lying back for a while – and many people do – we have soft blankets available in every room. There’s something psychologically comforting about being tucked in with a cozy blanket, as well.
• Pillows and beanbags are available to support your head, neck, or back. A bolster under your knees can do wonders for relieving lower back pressure.
• Our dental chairs have built-in lower back massagers you can use during your treatment. Not only can this help you relax, but it might even distract you from the dentistry!
• Music is another wonderful distraction. That’s why we have office iPods programmed with a wide variety of music and podcasts. You can tune into those and tune out the sounds of dental work.
• After keeping your mouth open a while, your lips can get quite dry. So before starting work, we provide a lip balm before we begin work: lanolin, hydrogen borate, and coconut oil. A surprising number of patients say they’ve never had a dentist do this before!
• Do you have a strong gag reflex or sensitive teeth? We have cetacaine rinse you can swish around your mouth to help make your teeth and gums less sensitive to the work being done in your mouth.
• Our TENS unit – a physical therapy device that gently stimulates the nerves where placed – is for far more than just TMJ treatment. Patients have told us that it lets them keep their mouth open longer with less discomfort – and that there’s less aching after a long treatment, as well.