IV Sedation Dentistry in Frisco, TX
The deepest sedation we offer, given by Dr. Louie on the days his surgical list runs — planned days in advance, every time.
How an IV sedation appointment works
More of this happens before the day than on it. That is deliberate, and it is what makes it safe.
Start with an IV sedation consultation
Full medical history, every medication and supplement, previous experiences with sedation or anesthesia, and any respiratory or cardiac condition. Occasionally this conversation concludes that a hospital setting is safer, and we will say so.
You get written instructions, not verbal ones
Fasting times, which of your usual medications to take and which to hold, what to wear, who is bringing you. You get it on paper because a spoken list is easy to forget.
Scheduled into one of Dr. Louie's days
His calendar opens when there are enough patients booked to fill a half or full day. This is the honest constraint: an IV sedation appointment is planned ahead, well before next week.
On the day of your IV sedation
Blood pressure and pulse recorded, as they are at every visit here. A fine cannula in the back of the hand or the arm. The medication is titrated, given gradually and adjusted in small measured steps.
Monitoring during your IV sedation
Oxygen saturation, pulse and blood pressure watched for the whole appointment. You are able to respond if spoken to, and you are not left alone at any point.
After your IV sedation
You rest until we are satisfied, then your driver takes you home. No driving until the next day, no alcohol, no decisions that matter. Most people feel entirely normal the following morning.
IV sedation dentistry: what to know before you book
Conscious sedation, not general anesthesia
IV sedation is not being put to sleep. You remain conscious and able to respond throughout — what changes is awareness and memory. Most patients recall almost nothing of the appointment afterwards, which is why it suits long procedures and severe anxiety so well. General anesthesia is a different thing entirely. It requires an anesthesiologist and usually a hospital or surgical center, and it is not something we provide here.
Why a periodontist provides IV sedation
Dr. Holvin Louie is a board-certified periodontist. The treatment that most often calls for IV sedation (implant placement, surgical extractions, wisdom teeth, extensive gum surgery) is his work. Sedation and surgery are therefore handled by the same person, on the same day, in one coordinated plan. The trade is availability: it happens on his schedule, which may not always line up with yours.
About Dr. Louie
IV sedation compared with general anesthesia
These get confused constantly, and the difference matters.
| Feature | IV sedation | General anesthesia |
|---|---|---|
| Consciousness | Conscious, responds to voice | Fully unconscious |
| Breathing | You breathe for yourself | Usually supported |
| Where | Here, in a dental chair | Hospital or surgical center |
| Who administers | Dr. Louie | An anesthesiologist |
| Memory | Very little | None |
| Recovery | Hours, home the same day | Longer, more monitoring |
IV sedation trade-offs to weigh
At White Lotus Dental in Frisco, TX, IV sedation dentistry is given by Dr. Holvin Louie, a board-certified periodontist, on a day set aside for surgery. It follows a consultation that has looked properly at your medical history. That is a better arrangement than the same sedation squeezed into a general schedule.
The cost of it is convenience. You cannot have it next Tuesday because you have decided you want it; it is scheduled around Dr. Louie’s days. We would rather state that at the start than have you find out at the front desk.
Call (469) 262-2111, or use the form above and one of our doctors will call you back.
IV sedation dentistry near Frisco, Prosper and Plano
White Lotus Dental is at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035. Patients come to us from across Frisco and from nearby Prosper, Plano, Little Elm, Allen, Celina and McKinney. We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM. We are closed on Wednesday and Sunday, although our team still answers the phone on Wednesdays.
IV sedation is most often planned with wisdom teeth removal or dental implants. If you are comparing the lighter options, sedation dentistry explains all of them side by side. You can read about Dr. Holvin Louie before you come. We accept Children’s Medicaid and CHIP, and we have a membership plan for anyone without insurance.
To start the conversation, call (469) 262-2111 or request an appointment online.
Time in the chair for IV sedation.
The scale runs to five hours — the same scale on every page, so the bars are comparable across the whole site.
IV sedation cost in Frisco: what to expect.
One long sedated visit is often less expensive overall than four separate appointments, and considerably easier to face.
You get the figure in writing before treatment starts. We accept all major PPO plans and file the claim for you, our membership plan takes a percentage off treatment, and CareCredit financing is available.
How plans usually cover IV sedation.
Sedation — the most commonly excluded item on this list
- What plans pay
- Often nothing. Where IV sedation is covered at all, it is usually tied to a qualifying surgical procedure — not to anxiety alone — which is the part patients find hardest to hear and the part we would rather say early.
- Deductible
- Applies where it is covered at all.
What catches people out
- Nitrous oxide is frequently excluded outright, or covered only for children.
- "Medically necessary" is the phrase that decides it, and documentation is what establishes it. We submit that documentation automatically, every time.
- IV sedation is covered more often than oral sedation or nitrous, because it accompanies surgery — so the answer can differ between two kinds of sedation on the same plan.
- IV sedation is the one most likely to be paid, because it usually accompanies surgery — and where it is billed alongside an oral surgery procedure the medical plan sometimes takes it.
These are how dental plans usually classify this treatment — not a statement about your own plan. Yours is the one that governs, plans differ more than people expect, and the only reliable answer comes from reading your specific benefits, which we always do ahead of treatment and give you in writing.
And what changes out-of-network
A dentist who is in-network has signed a contract fixing what may be charged for each procedure and cannot bill you the difference. One who is out-of-network has signed nothing, so the full fee stands.
So the first difference is the price itself — the same treatment is simply allowed to cost more out-of-network, before anyone's plan is considered.
What you personally pay out of that depends on your own deductible and coinsurance, which is why there is no percentage here: it is not a property of the treatment, it is a property of your plan, and we verify yours before you commit. But two things follow for everybody. Your share is a share of a bigger number. And your annual maximum is spent by what the plan pays toward that bigger number, so the same treatment eats more of your benefit out-of-network.
An illustration, not a quote. Both allowed fees for IV sedation are not yet on hand, so the chart above shows a crown instead — the one procedure we hold both sides for. The in-network side is today's contracted allowance; the out-of-network side is what a single carrier allowed during a period when we were not contracted with it, and it is a few years old. Across the 23 procedures where we hold both allowed fees, out-of-network is between 1.2 and 5 times the in-network figure — most often a little over twice.
Check the going rate yourself
FAIR Health's dental cost lookup is free, needs no account, and is not ours — it reports what a procedure typically costs in your area. It does not know your plan, so treat it as a ballpark figure — not a final answer.
Ask us for the number first
We verify your specific plan before your appointment and give you a written estimate: what the plan is expected to pay, and what you pay. If we get it wrong we tell you why.
Bring an Explanation of Benefits
Treated somewhere else? Your EOB shows exactly what the plan paid and what it counted against your maximum. Bring one in and we will read it with you — whether or not you become a patient here.
None of this says out-of-network dentists are worse dentists. Plenty are excellent, plenty are out-of-network for sound reasons, and people choose a dentist for who that person is. What we think you are owed is the information, so that whatever you choose, you chose it knowingly. The whole thing, explained properly, or call (469) 262-2111 and ask.
The days around your IV sedation appointment
Nothing here is a surprise if the consultation happened properly.
- At consultationHistory, plan, and a date
The medical review, the decision that IV is the right level, and the appointment scheduled into one of Dr. Louie's days.
- The day beforeFasting and medications
You will already have this in writing. Confirm your driver, and eat normally until the fasting window begins.
- On arrivalGetting settled before IV sedation
Vitals recorded, the room already warm, a blanket and neck pillow ready. Nothing starts until you say you are ready for it to.
- DuringMonitored and adjusted, never alone
The level is adjusted as the appointment goes — not fixed at the start.
- That eveningRest, with someone there
Grogginess is normal. Written aftercare goes to whoever is with you as well as to you.
- Next morningBack to normal
Most patients feel entirely themselves. Driving is fine from the following day.
Booking iv sedation dentistry in Frisco
Tell us on the phone if dental anxiety is the reason you have not been in years. It changes how we plan the first visit, and that visit often involves no treatment at all.
- Hours
- Weekdays 9–6
Saturdays 9–3 - Languages
- English, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu
Arabic with Saba, our hygienist, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Vietnamese with Anh, our hygienist, Saturdays
Cantonese and Mandarin with Dr. Louie, our periodontist, on his scheduled days, by internal referral
IV Sedation Dentistry FAQs in Frisco, TX
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IV Sedation Dentistry — common questions
Will I be asleep during IV sedation?
Can I have IV sedation this week?
Do I need someone to drive me?
How long does IV sedation take to wear off?
Is IV sedation safe?
What procedures usually call for IV sedation?
Can children have IV sedation here?
Does insurance cover IV sedation?
Can I have IV sedation for wisdom teeth removal?
What is IV sedation dentistry?
How much does IV sedation cost at the dentist?
Where can I get IV sedation dentistry near me in Frisco?
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