Why Choose SmilePro for Sedation
A calm, judgment-free practice built around the patients other offices find hardest to treat.
Plenty of offices offer sedation. Far fewer build the entire visit around it. At SmilePro Dental in Dearborn Heights, sedation is not an add-on we reach for occasionally — it is a core part of how we treat the patients other practices struggle with: the ones who have put dentistry off for years, who gag on an x-ray, who have a mouthful of work to get through, or who simply cannot relax in the chair no matter how kind the dentist is.
This page is the honest answer to a fair question: with sedation available in a lot of places, why here? It comes down to five things — one practice handling everything, the person actually delivering your care, a genuinely judgment-free room, comfort that is designed rather than advertised, and safety treated as the entire point.
One practice, start to finish
When you are already anxious, being handed off between offices makes it worse. A referral here, a specialist there, a different set of faces each time — every transfer is a fresh chance to lose your nerve and cancel. We keep it in one place on purpose.
From the first consultation to the sedation visit itself to the follow-up, you are with the same team in the same office. Complex treatment that would normally mean juggling several providers — extractions, implant placement, crowns, full-mouth work — is planned and carried out here, under the sedation option that suits it. Fewer unknowns, fewer new rooms, fewer reasons to back out.
The person delivering your care
Sedation is only as reassuring as the hands you are in. Your care is led by Dr. Salam Awad, who earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and has built this practice around comfortable, anxiety-aware dentistry.
The approach is deliberately conservative: recommend the lightest sedation that will realistically get you through the appointment, monitor you closely the whole time, and never push a deeper option because it is available. That restraint is not a limitation — it is the safest way to sedate, and it is exactly what you want from the person doing it.
Just as importantly, you are treated as a person, not a case number. You describe what makes dentistry hard; we match the method to it. Most patients who assume they need the deepest option leave with something lighter than they feared.
No lectures, no judgment
The single most common thing we hear is a version of, "It has been a long time and I am embarrassed." Here is what that gets you at SmilePro: nothing. No raised eyebrows, no guilt-trip about the gap, no running commentary on what you should have done sooner. That is not a marketing line — it is a working rule in the room, because shame is one of the biggest reasons people stay away.
You set the pace
Agreed stop signals, breaks when you need them, and a plan you understand before anything starts.
Straight answers
What is happening, why, what it costs and what to expect — in plain language, before the appointment, not during it.
No pressure to overtreat
We recommend what you need and sequence the rest. Breaking the fear cycle comes first.
Comfort is built in, not promised
Any office can call itself relaxing. What actually makes a visit comfortable is choice and preparation. We offer the full range of sedation so the method fits the patient, rather than forcing every patient toward the one thing on offer:
| If you want… | The option that usually fits |
|---|---|
| To take the edge off and drive yourself home | Nitrous oxide |
| To be deeply calm with little memory of the visit | Oral sedation |
| The deepest conscious comfort for complex work | IV sedation (deepest we offer) |
| To be fully asleep for extensive or difficult treatment | Referred for general anesthesia in a hospital setting |
Not sure which is right? That is the normal starting point, and matching it up is our job, not yours — start with who sedation suits.
Why our patients feel safe
Feeling relaxed and being safe are not the same thing — good sedation care delivers both, and the second is never traded for the first. Three things make that true here:
- A detailed health review first. Your medications, medical conditions, allergies and any past reaction to sedation are gone through before a plan is made — because that is what determines which method is safe for you.
- Continuous monitoring. Your vital signs are watched by trained staff for the whole appointment, not checked once and forgotten. If anything needs adjusting, it is caught early.
- The lightest effective option. Deeper sedation means more requirements and longer recovery, with no added benefit if a lighter method would have worked. We start light and only go deeper when the situation genuinely calls for it.
Frequently asked questions
See the difference for yourself
The first step is a conversation, not a procedure. Come in, tell us what has made dentistry hard, and let us show you how different it can feel.