{"id":682,"date":"2018-10-25T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dental.dev\/wilsondentists\/2018\/10\/25\/what-is-docs\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T21:31:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:31:02","slug":"what-is-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/2018\/10\/25\/what-is-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is DOCS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Wilson, Greenville, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Raleigh &amp; nearby areas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"content-area\">\n<div id=\"node-193\" class=\"node node-type-story node-promoted clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-type-date field-field-posted-date\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Mon, 12\/23\/2013<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Have you skipped a procedure to make your smile more beautiful, or even delayed necessary dental maintenance because you\u2019re afraid to visit the dentist? <a href=\"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/sedation-dentistry.html\">Wilson sedation dentist<\/a> Dr. Boles at Boles, Ham, Dixon &amp; Boles can help ease anxiety about your appointment using the principles of conscious sedation.<\/p>\n<p>Conscious sedation involves relaxing frightened patients prior to and during a dental procedure through less drastic means than using general anesthesia to \u201cknock them out.\u201d The premier organization for sedation dentistry is Doctors of Conscious Sedation (DOCS). Started in 1999, DOCS offers training for dentists on how to provide safe, effective treatment for patients suffering from dental phobia while keeping them conscious during the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>If you suffer from anxiety just thinking about a visit to your dentist, sedation dentistry can have many benefits, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced sense of stress or fear before and during the procedure<\/li>\n<li>Increased comfort while undergoing dental work<\/li>\n<li>The opportunity to experience a dental visit while in a calming, \u201ctwilight\u201d state where you\u2019re aware what\u2019s happening but feel totally relaxed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Boles is a sedation dentist licensed by the state of North Carolina, as well as an associate in DOCS. In order to provide optimal service to patients suffering from pre-appointment anxiety, Dr. Boles exclusively uses mild oral sedatives in lieu of treatments requiring needles.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how our sedation dentist can help reduce your stress before and during a dental procedure, please <a href=\"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/contact-us.html\">contact Boles, Ham, Dixon &amp; Boles<\/a> or call <strong><a href=\"tel:+12522912892\">252-291-2892<\/a><\/strong> today to schedule a consultation. We are proud to see patients in or around Wilson, Greenville, Goldsboro and Rocky Mount, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilson, Greenville, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Raleigh &amp; nearby areas Mon, 12\/23\/2013 Have you skipped a procedure to make your smile more beautiful, or even delayed necessary dental maintenance because you\u2019re afraid to visit the dentist? Wilson sedation dentist Dr. Boles at Boles, Ham, Dixon &amp; Boles can help ease anxiety about your appointment using the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1427,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/1427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsondentists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}