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Nervous patients

Nervous patients

Say so when you book. We slow down, you set the pace, and you can stop us at any moment.

Start here

How nervous are you?

Pick the line that sounds like you. Each one shows what we do differently.

1

A little uneasy

We tell you what each step is before we do it, and you have a hand signal that stops everything.

Stop signal

Headphones

Step by step

2

I keep putting it off

Book a longer first visit. We talk first and only do what you agree to on the day.

Thirty extra minutes

Free talk first

Nothing without a yes

3

My heart races

The quiet room, a weighted blanket and Dr. Elliot Grant, who leads our care for nervous patients.

The quiet room

Weighted blanket

Dr. Grant

4

I have not been in years

A twenty-minute talk with no treatment at all, so the first visit is only a conversation.

Talk only, free

No x-rays that day

No judgement

5

I cannot get through the door

Oral sedation for your treatment visit, from $250, with someone to drive you home.

Oral sedation

From $250

A driver home

Your settings

Set up your chair before you sit in it.

Tell us when you book, or on the online form. Your settings stay on your record, so you never have to ask twice.

Chair settings

Dana R., Tuesday 9:10

Headphones

Your music, or ours

Weighted blanket

Like a heavy quilt

Ceiling screen

Off if you would rather not look

Stop signal

Raise a hand and we stop

Talk me through it

Every step, out loud

Thirty extra minutes

No fee

Most people who come to me have not seen a dentist in years. Nobody here will ask why. We start from today.

Dr. Elliot Grant, leads care for nervous patients

Three levels of help

Take only the step you need.

Most people never go past the first two. All three can be booked online or by phone.

Level 1

Talk first

Free

Twenty minutes in the consulting room, not the chair. No treatment.

Level 2

Comfort kit

Free

Headphones, the blanket, the quiet room and extra time, on any visit.

Level 3

Oral sedation

from $250

A tablet an hour before. You stay awake and calm; someone drives you home.