Most dental patients have one thing in common: they don’t like getting anesthetic injections. In addition to being intimidating and painful, most patients have to endure multiple shots to numb the tooth or teeth in question, which can be the cause of dental anxiety or phobia for many.
To make the process of getting dental care more comfortable, our North York dental office is using the STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System, also known as the Wand. It is a computer-assisted system for local anesthesia that helps make the process a much more comfortable experience for patients. Instead of numbing the entire area around your damaged tooth with large, intimidating syringes, the Wand only numbs the individual tooth dentists need to work on.
The Wand component of the STA System looks like a small pen with a cord attached to it. At the tip of this wand, there is an extremely small needle that is used to deliver the anesthesia. As our dentist works on your teeth, they can control the flow of anesthesia to keep you as comfortable as possible. The computer-assisted system delivers the medicine at precisely the right rate for the tissue density of the area, offering patients the pain relief they need immediately.
One of the biggest benefits of the STA System is that there is no collateral numbness to entire sections of the mouth besides the tooth that needed work. This makes it possible for patients to return to work or school immediately after dental appointments, without worrying about how they will look, talk, eat or drink.
At our North York dental office, our fees are based on the most current Ontario Dental Association fee guides.
If you have any questions about the costs of any of our dental services, please contact us so one of our staff members can clarify and guide you through the price determinations.
You can find our patient referral form here. We provide dental care for the whole family, including children's dentistry and emergency dental care.
