I recently saw a very nervous patient who needed some teeth extracted but was very frightened. I suggested to him that dental sedation was an excellent way of having treatment and not remembering it afterwards! We use a sedative called Midazolam which puts the patient in a very relaxed state and with memory loss of the procedure. When I spoke to the patient the following day he could not remember having any treatment the only way he knew he had been to the dentist was the fact his painful teeth were no longer there!