IMPORTANT: All patients under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for both the consultation and treatment appointments.
A pre-operative consultation and physical examination may be required for patients undergoing IV anesthesia for surgery. Please have nothing to eat or drink 6 hours prior to your surgery. You will also need an adult escort to wait in the office during your procedure and drive you home following discharge from the office.
Please alert the office when scheduling your appointment if you have a medical condition that may be of concern prior to surgery (i.e. diabetes, cardiac disease, high blood pressure, artificial heart valves, artificial joint replacement, chemotherapy or prior radiation treatment to the head and neck region, etc.) or if you are currently taking any medication (i.e. heart medications, insulin), especially blood thinners/anticoagulant therapy (i.e. aspirin, Coumadin (warfarin), Plavix (clopidogrel), Persantine (dipyridamole), Ticlid (ticlopidine), Lovenox (heparin), Fosamax (alendronate), Didronel (etidronate), Boniva (ibandronate), Actonel (risedronate), Skelid (tilvdronate), Aredia (pamidronate), Zometa (zolendronic acid).
