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Sedation Dentistry for Lexington Patients

Fourteen minutes from Lexington, years of postponed dental work gets finished in one or two planned sedation visits. Dr. Sutera is one of the only multidisciplinary dentists in Greater Boston board certified in IV sedation by the Massachusetts Dental Board. Written plan first, then the schedule works around yours.

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

When the goal is everything, done, in as few visits as possible

If your problem is deferred maintenance colliding with a full calendar, sedation is a scheduling tool as much as a comfort one. IV sedation removes the ceiling on appointment length, so the crowns, the extraction, and the restorative work that would each claim their own morning get done in one planned visit. You give this one day, and it stops following you around.

The plan we build most often for Lexington

Several postponed procedures, one visit, booked around your calendar rather than against it. Crowns and an extraction deferred for years are the typical Lexington backlog, and the typical resolution is a single IV sedation visit with the date chosen to fit work and travel. The written plan commits to the visit count first, so the schedule commitment is known before anything is booked.

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Dr. Sutera on his Lexington patients

Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD
“In my Lexington patients I see deferred maintenance colliding with high standards: people who want the work done correctly and completely, in as few visits as their calendar allows. Sedation planning for them is logistics as much as comfort.”

Dr. Charles Sutera, DMD, FAGD

A Lexington patient

“As a very anxious dental patient I was pleased to be seen by a dentist that can provide sedation options.”

Laura F · Lexington, MA

Three options, one deciding question

The deciding question is almost always: how many visits can you afford to give this? Nitrous oxide (from $168) keeps you alert and lets you drive yourself back to work, suited to routine visits. Oral sedation (from $550) relaxes you deeply for longer single appointments. IV sedation (from $2,100) removes the ceiling entirely: the option Lexington patients choose when the goal is everything, done, in one or two planned visits.

The full option-by-option breakdown: the complete sedation dentistry guide and the dedicated Sedation Dentist of Boston resource.

Fourteen minutes via Route 2A

About 14 minutes from Lexington via Route 2A to Route 2 East, then Route 128 South to Exit 43. On-site parking is free at 75 3rd Ave, beside The Westin Waltham Boston.

Delta Dental, and how sedation bills

Delta Dental of Massachusetts plans vary in how they treat sedation versus the underlying dentistry, and the same is true of most PPO plans. We verify both parts at the consultation and the written plan shows the split, so the number you see is the number you pay.

Questions Lexington patients ask

Who provides sedation dentistry near Lexington?

Aesthetic Smile Reconstruction in Waltham, 14 minutes from Lexington via Route 2A to Route 2 East. Dr. Sutera is one of the only multidisciplinary dentists in Greater Boston board certified in IV sedation by the Massachusetts Dental Board. The office sits at 75 3rd Ave, beside The Westin Waltham Boston, with free parking on site.

Can all my dental work be completed in one visit?

Often, yes, and that is usually why Lexington patients choose IV sedation. With the comfort ceiling removed, crowns, extractions, and restorative work that would span five or six appointments are routinely consolidated into one or two. Your written plan commits to the visit count before you book anything.

How should I plan my schedule around a sedation visit?

Block the day. For oral or IV sedation: no food or drink for 6 hours beforehand, a driver home afterward, and the rest of the day off. Nitrous oxide needs none of that; it clears in minutes and you drive yourself back to work.

What happens at the first appointment?

No treatment. A conversation, an exam, and a written plan. One hour, $432, seated upright the entire time. You leave with the visit count, the sedation recommendation, and the exact numbers for your case.

What are the sedation fees?

Starting points: nitrous oxide $168 per visit, oral sedation $550, IV sedation $2,100, consultation $432. Lexington patients on Delta Dental of Massachusetts should bring their card; the dentistry and the sedation bill separately, and the written plan shows both.

One consultation. One plan. The fewest possible visits.

An hour, $432, and you leave knowing exactly how many appointments your case needs and what each costs.

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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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