Nitrous Oxide, N2O, also called laughing gas, one of several oxides of nitrogen, a colorless gas with pleasant, sweetish odor and taste, which when inhaled produces insensibility to pain preceded by mild hysteria, sometimes laughter. Nitrous oxide was discovered by the English chemist Joseph Priestley in 1772; another English chemist, Humphry Davy, later named it nitrous oxide and showed its physiological effect. The principal use of nitrous oxide is as an anesthetic in surgical operations of short duration.

Many people, when faced with the prospect of having any type of dental work performed in Michigan, become quite nervous and anxious. The anxiety is partially a result of the assumption that pain will be involved in the procedure to by performed. Since our mouths are generally sensitive to begin with, this anxiety is not unfounded. At Cambridge Dental Group we offer nitrous oxide or laughing gas as an anesthetic to help you get through your dental procedures. With it's properties of producing general euphoria, most persons using laughing gas in Michigan can generally get thorough their dental work with a minimum of anxiety and pain. Since one of our goals at Cambridge Dental Group of Michigan is the accomplishment of your dental procedures with the least negative effects possible, we will generally administer laughing gas when you meet the physical requirements of strength and stability. Only your dentist can properly make the determination of whether you should receive nitrous oxide to control pain and anxiety during dental procedures.