Thailand Dental Hospital Specializes Dental Anti-Anxiety Solutions

Bangkok International Dental Hospital (BIDH) is an official licensed hospital in Thailand that specialized only in the area of dentistry. BIDH is not your standard dental clinic, but as a hospital abides by the standards and regulations of a licensed hospital for patient safety, nursing, pharmacy, treatment quality controls. The dental hospital’s  registered nurses, licensed pharmacists and verified dentists/doctors provides the full range of professional dental services.

Dental clinics typically provide standard out-patient dental services such as general dentistry, dental implants, crowns, veneers, teeth whitening, oral surgery, root canal treatment, orthodontic braces and pediatric dentistry. Above the above conventional dental treatment, BIDH also offers in-patient services allowing patients to stay at the hospital for major oral surgeries undergoing general anesthesia, full jaw dental implant procedures or jaw surgery.

BIDH dental hospital is one of the few dental providers in Thailand that offers the full range of dental sedation services that manages patients with dental anxiety and dental phobia. Our sedation options include mild nitrous oxide (laughing gas), IV sedation to total sleep sedation under general  anesthesia. We abide by the strict American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) standards to assure patients on safe sedation whilst undergoing dental treatments.

1. What qualifications and experience do the dentists at BIDH have/hold?

Dentists at BIDH are top tier dentists in Thailand and consists largely of international speakers in their field of specialty. A large percentage of our specialists are professors, lecturers at leading dental schools in Thailand who teaches other local dental specialists (not just general dentists). Many of them are graduates from USA, UK, Australia, Europe or are board certified.

At Bangkok International Dental Hospital, you may see several dentists because each portion of your dental works are assigned to dental specialists. Therefore if opting for dental implants, the 1^st stage implant post surgery will be treated by an implantologist or oral surgeon, whilst your 2^nd stage prostheses over implant is done by a prosthodontist who specializes on crowns, bridges and dentures. All root canal treatment are treated by endodontists; dental braces by orthodontists.

2. How does BIDH make sure patients are comfortable and safe during dental procedures?

With advance on techniques and equipment technologies, dental treatments are now quicker, smaller, more precise and less invasive. BIDH dental hospital adopts digital dentistry with digitalized x-rays, digital scans and CAD/CAM for treatment. New digital imaging technology reduces radiation dose exposure to patients; digital scans accesses your dentist to clear diagnoses; whilst CAD/CAM lab milling enables more accurate and better margin fits for crowns, bridges and veneers. Treatment visit timings is faster and safer. All dental units at BIDH hospital are made in Sweden from Planemeca that comes with ergonomic wide seats for increased comfort and self-cleaning function for easy cleaning and sterilization.

3. BIDH is known for its sedation dentistry. Can you tell us more about it, and why patients who suffer from dental anxiety should use it?

Sedation dentistry involves the induction of an individual to a level of reduced consciousness before dental treatments. Patients can be placed in a varying degrees of consciousness based on the amount of sedatives administered. American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) classifies the levels of sedation into 4 levels [1]:

• Mild/minimal sedation whereby the patient is awake and able to response normally but in a relaxed state.
• Moderate sedation whereby the patient is semi-conscious and reacts to purposeful stimulation. There is no need for airway intervention but breathing ventilation equipment is on standby.
• Deep sedation whereby the patient is semi-conscious but requires repeated purposeful stimulation for response. Airway intervention may be required and breathing ventilation equipment used.
• General anesthesia whereby the patient is unconscious and unaware treatment. Airway intervention with breathing ventilation equipment is used.

Although most dental procedures are not painful, many people feel stressed simply being examined by their dentist or may be concern about pain. Dental sedation is done to reduce discomfort. For dentophobia patients, deep sedation may be opted so they have little to no re-collection of the treatment.

4. Also, what kind of sedation methods do you use at BIDH? What kind of qualifications do the dentists who administer sedation have?

BIDH offers the full range of sedation methods:

• Mild/Minimal Sedation by oral medication to take prior to start of treatment or the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas).
• Moderate and deep sedation done intravenously whereby sedative medication is administered through IV drips directly into veins.
• General anesthesia done in an operating theatre or at the dental unit by sedative gas or IV medication depending on dental treatment type & equipment

Laughing Gas

IV Sedation

General Anesthesia (GA)




Registered Nurses   

Mild/minimal sedation is safe and easily. Nitrous oxide sedation is naturally occurring in the air and is commonly administered to children. For standard dental clinics, mild sedation is normally administered/monitored solely by dentists. However at BIDH, we take additional safety steps whereby a registered and specially trained anesthesia nurse monitors vital signs whilst your dentist performs treatment.

For moderate, deep and general anesthesia, an anesthesiologist performs pre- anesthesia clearance and is on-site the whole time when our patients undergo sedation from start till discharge after treatment. BIDH verifies its anesthesiologist doctor qualifications who is licensed and a specialists on sedative medicine in the operating theatre.

5. How does BIDH determine what kind of sedation is best for a patient?

If a patient has been identified to require dental sedation, your dentist provides a first consultation providing all sedative options. A registered nurse then takes your medical history and co- ordinates the dentist or anesthesiologist on the need for any pre-screening health check, chest x-rays or blood tests. For moderate, deep and general anesthesia, pre-anesthesia checks are required before your anesthesiologist clears and schedules the actual sedation and treatment date. Upon clearance and appointment confirmation, instructions will be given to you on what to prepare a day before treatment. On the day of treatment, you are requested to checked-in with our registered nurse for final preparations. Your dentist/anesthesiologist then walks your through the sedation process and starts treatment. Upon completion of treatment, your dentist or anesthesiologist will need to examine and approve your discharge for home. You are advised to have an accompanying person with you who is able to bring you back to your accommodations post sedation.

6. How does BIDH monitor the safety of patients who are sedated?

Yes, all sedated patients are monitored the whole time while sedated. After treatment, patients are monitored, kept under observations and assessed until they are totally recovered from sedation to return home. Either a registered nurse or anesthesiologist takes care of you throughout the whole time. Your dentist or your anesthesiologist discharges you based on fixed set of standardized criteria to ensure you are well and safe to return home. Should any residual symptoms remain, you must be accompanied by a responsible adult or will be advised to stay over at our dental hospital.

7. Are there any potential risks or side effects associated with sedation dentistry? How does BIDH manage them?

BIDH dental hospital has placed in numerous safety check and protocols to ensure safe dental sedation is performed. As with any dental or medical treatment, there can always be risks such as certain sedation levels may not be suffice to sedate all patient every instance as each patient response differently to the dose, type and duration of sedatives.

Some common side effects of sedation could include nausea and vomiting, tinnitus, circumoral numbness or tingling, behavioral changes such as inactivity or an inability to temporarily control movement.

8. How does BIDH handle emergency situations during sedation procedures?

As a dental hospital, it is part of the hospital standards to be able to handle emergencies and have an emergency chart, medication, and registered nurses/dentists/doctors on-site able to perform Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Our front-line staff are also trained and annually has refresher courses on Basic Life Support (BLS). BIDH dental hospital has pre-set arrangements and MOUs with nearby international general hospital within a 2km radius that is able to send an emergency response ambulance within a few minutes to the emergency room.

9. What is the patient’s recovery process like after sedation dentistry?

After undergoing sedation, please be advised to have a friend or family member drive you back home or to your next location. A responsible adult should care for you during the first 24 hours after treatment. You should continue to observe on any abnormal behaviors or symptoms such as excessive nausea/vomiting, difficulty breathing, paleness or cyanosis or difficulty waking up. You may like to eat a soft diet during the first few hours to avoid vomiting, and is able to eat regular diet normally the day after.

10. How does BIDH stay up-to-date with the latest dental technologies and techniques?

As a large percentage of our dentists are professors, lecturers or international speakers, they are kept up-to-date at dental conference, continuing education organizations on the latest materials and techniques.

Bangkok International Dental Hospital (BIDH) is part of Dental Corporation PLC, a public listed company that has a dental supply arm. Its supply division is the 2^nd largest in Thailand with links to leading dental materials/supplies companies around the world, mainly from the European and USA region. The group’s dental supply arm imports the latest technologies and equipment into Thailand passing through the Thai FDA. BIDH is one of their flagship dental hospital using the latest technologies available on the market.

11. What are BIDH’s prices, and do you accept insurance? If so, which insurance?

Bangkok International Dental Hospital prices are fixed, standardized and transparent. You are able to find our treatment fees at https://dentalhospitalthailand.com/dental-prices/ Prices at BIDH may not be the cheapest in Thailand, but it is at an accessible for its quality and standards in place. BIDH delegate expenses for a clean, safe environment/system for our patients with strict sterilization protocols beyond those required by local regulations.

Insurances companies that BIDH dental hospital has direct billings for a few insurances including United Concordian and LumaCare. For all other insurance, patients are able to submit their insurance form for patient self-claim. The dental hospital will fill in the insurance forms with correct codings as well as issue required official receipts back to requested patients.

12. Does BIDH accept international patients? If so, are staff trained in languages other than Thai?

Yes, around 40% of our patients are international patients. Many travel into Thailand specially for dental treatments. A large percentage of our patients are also expatriates in Thailand. BIDH sees many patients who are diplomats from the embassy or working at international companies in Bangkok.

All our dentists and front-line staff speaks English. Other than Thai, we offer Arabic and Chinese customer care translations.

Video link on general anasthesia process: https://youtu.be/c11tfpFv31E?si=OkQII_t2kqgZCMok




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