Preparing for Surgery​

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• We need your dental / medical insurance information to maximize your benefits

• Our staff will ask questions about your health to determine which Medical Clearances, if any, may be required from your PCP or a specialist

• Our specialized dentists will review your x-rays and treatment plans, if available

• Our Anesthesiologist will approve Medical Clearance, if needed

• If you are a legal guardian of an adult patient or if you are not the biological parent of a minor child, please bring documentation of your guardianship.  If you are not a legal guardian, please bring a notarized and witnessed medical Power of Attorney form with you. 

• Contact our office with any questions!

What to expect

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• Patient needs to come fasting (no eating or drinking the morning of surgery)

• Plan to spend the day with us. After surgery, a parent or guardian should plan to spend the day watching and caring for the patient

• Nurses will assess the patient and ask questions about the patient’s health

• Our Anesthesiologist and Dentist will do exams and answer any questions

• We will take x-rays in case your home dentist could not get them

• Our experienced Registered Nurses will monitor the patient during post-anesthesia recovery

• We will complete all of the patients’ dental work during a single visit!

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At home

• Monitor patient for at least 24 hours

• Call Dental Surgery Center of DC with any unusual symptoms experienced by patient

• Do not administer medication to patient without practitioner approval

• Dental Surgery Center of DC will call to check patient status on the next working day following the procedure