Pre-Operative Instructions
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Pre-Operative Instructions
Please review these instructions carefully before your surgery at Park Lane Dental Specialists. These guidelines help your appointment proceed safely and smoothly, especially when sedation or anesthetic is planned.
If anything changes before your appointment, including illness, medication changes, or difficulty arranging transportation, please contact our office as soon as possible.
Before the Day of Surgery
Important Pre-Operative Instructions
- Fasting: Patients undergoing anesthetic are not permitted to eat or drink after midnight on the day of surgery. This includes chewing gum and candy.
- Alcohol and smoking: Do not drink alcoholic beverages, including beer or wine, for 24 hours before your surgery. Do not smoke the morning of your surgery.
- Medications: Patients can take their usual medication, except diabetic medication, with small sips of water. The consulting doctor and/or nurse will advise you.
- Blood thinners: Blood thinner medications, including Warfarin, Pradaxa, Eliquis, Heparin, and Xarelto, must be overseen by your family physician when considering whether to stop medication for the procedure. This helps prevent excessive bleeding. Exceptions are Aspirin (ASA) and Plavix, which do not need to be stopped prior to surgery.
- If you become ill: Please call the office if the patient develops a cold, fever over 38C, cough, runny nose, or chest congestion so we can determine whether the appointment should be rescheduled.
- Clothing and personal items: Do not wear tight clothing on the day of the appointment. A short sleeve t-shirt is preferred. Please bring a case for eyeglasses, contact lenses, and/or dentures. Leave valuables, including money and jewelry, at home.
- Prepare before arrival: Please shower prior to surgery and remove all make-up and nail polish.
- Cell phones: Cell phone use is not permitted in the operatory. Cell phones must be off or on silent mode during surgery.
- Transportation: You must not drive a vehicle or operate heavy machinery for 24 hours following sedation or anesthetic. Arrangements must be made in advance for an adult, 18 years of age or older, to accompany you home.
- Consent: You will be required to sign a surgical consent form before your surgery. Patients under the age of 16 must be accompanied by their parent or guardian to sign consent for the procedure, unless married.
- Appointment changes: If unforeseen circumstances require you to change or cancel your appointment, please provide the office with 48-hour notice.
- Confirmation call: Patients will be called 1 or 2 days prior to scheduled surgery to remind and confirm the appointment. A message will be left on answering machines or voicemail if the patient cannot be reached. Please call the office back to confirm the appointment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about fasting, medications, transportation, consent, and confirming your surgical appointment at Park Lane Dental Specialists.
If you are undergoing anesthetic, do not eat or drink after midnight on the day of surgery. This includes chewing gum and candy.
Patients can take their usual medication, except diabetic medication, with small sips of water. The consulting doctor and/or nurse will advise you.
Blood thinner medications such as Warfarin, Pradaxa, Eliquis, Heparin, and Xarelto must be overseen by your family physician when considering whether to stop them for the procedure. Aspirin (ASA) and Plavix do not need to be stopped prior to surgery.
Please call the office if the patient develops fever over 38C, cough, runny nose, or chest congestion so we can determine whether the appointment should be rescheduled.
Yes. After sedation or anesthetic, you must not drive or operate heavy machinery for 24 hours. Please arrange for an adult age 18 or older to accompany you home.
Patients will be called 1 or 2 days before scheduled surgery. If a voicemail is left, please call the office back to confirm the appointment.
