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Sedation Dentistry for Concord Patients

Concord patients finish years of postponed dental work in one or two planned visits, about 20 minutes away at our Waltham office. Dr. Sutera is one of the only multidisciplinary dentists in Greater Boston board certified in IV sedation by the Massachusetts Dental Board. All three levels are available here, nitrous oxide through IV, with continuous monitoring on every visit.

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Medically reviewed by Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD · Last updated July 16, 2026

Twenty minutes is the shortest part of the wait

If you are reading this from Concord, you are not shopping for the nearest dentist. You are choosing the right one. Concord patients pass closer offices to get here, usually for one reason: board certification in IV sedation is rare in Greater Boston, and they want the entire backlog handled by one pair of hands. The drive takes twenty minutes. The part that took years was deciding to make it.

How treatment usually goes for Concord patients

Several deferred procedures, one written plan, one or two visits. The common arc from Concord: care postponed through a few too many next-years, then a single consultation that maps everything, and the whole backlog completed under IV sedation in one or two trips down Route 2. When the visit count drops that low, the distance stops being part of the decision.

Reception area at Aesthetic Smile Reconstruction in Waltham, MA
The reception you arrive to, twenty minutes from Concord center

Dr. Sutera on his Concord patients

Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD
“Patients who come to me from Concord have almost always chosen deliberately. They researched, they compared, and they passed closer offices on the way in. What they want is the work done correctly, completely, and in as few visits as possible, and that is exactly what sedation planning delivers.”

Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD

A neighbor from Lincoln

“The office was easily the nicest dental office I have visited. The staff was professional and welcoming.”

Randi M · Lincoln, MA

The three sedation levels, and who chooses each

Nitrous oxide, from $168 per visit. Calm and fully alert, cleared from your system in minutes, and you drive yourself back to Concord. The choice for routine visits with mild anxiety.

Oral sedation, from $550 per visit. A prescribed medication before the appointment leaves you deeply relaxed with little memory of the visit. Requires a 6-hour fast and a driver.

IV sedation, from $2,100 per visit. A sleep-like state adjusted minute to minute, monitored continuously. The level Concord patients choose most, because it turns years of postponed work into one or two planned visits.

Every option, compared in full: the complete sedation dentistry guide and the dedicated Sedation Dentist of Boston resource.

Getting here from Concord

About 20 minutes from Concord center via Route 2 East to Route 128 South, Exit 43, or the back way along Trapelo Road through Lincoln. Parking costs nothing at 75 3rd Ave, next door to The Westin Waltham Boston.

Insurance and the written plan

Most major PPO plans work here, Delta Dental and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts included. Sedation and the underlying dentistry usually bill as separate items, so both get verified at the consultation, and the written plan you take back to Concord shows the complete split.

Questions Concord patients ask

Who provides sedation dentistry near Concord?

Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD at Aesthetic Smile Reconstruction, roughly 20 minutes from Concord center. Dr. Sutera is one of the only multidisciplinary dentists in Greater Boston board certified in IV sedation by the Massachusetts Dental Board. You will find the practice at 75 3rd Ave in Waltham, next door to The Westin Waltham Boston, and parking there costs nothing.

Is the drive from Concord worth it for sedation dentistry?

Sedation changes the math on distance. A single planned IV visit typically absorbs what would otherwise spread across six appointments, so the 20-minute trip happens once or twice, not six times. And board certification in IV sedation is rare enough around Boston that many patients drive considerably further for it.

How many visits will my treatment take?

The number goes in writing before you book. Sedated appointments run as long as your case comfortably needs, which is why most Concord treatment plans land at one or two visits where six would otherwise be required. The consultation settles which yours is.

Do I need a driver for the trip back to Concord?

For oral or IV sedation, yes, an adult drives you back. The medications rule out driving no matter how familiar Route 2 is. Nitrous oxide works differently: it leaves your system within minutes of the mask coming off, and you take yourself home.

What does the first appointment cost?

$432 for the consultation: an hour, seated upright, a full exam, and the written plan. From there, nitrous oxide begins at $168 a visit, oral sedation at $550, and IV sedation at $2,100, with the precise fee determined by appointment length and locked in the plan.

Chosen deliberately, from twenty minutes out.

One hour, $432, seated upright, and you drive back to Concord with a written plan: the visit count, the sedation recommendation, and the exact numbers.

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Coming from a different town?

Sedation dentistry is the same at our Waltham office wherever you drive in from. Here are the pages for the other towns we serve.

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