Top 10 Sedation Dentist in San Jose California

Top 10 Sedation Dentist in San Jose California

Compare San Jose-area clinics on reviews, service fit, insurance, and booking convenience.

Reviewed July 15, 2026Ranking recomputed July 1, 20266 clinicsDr Maqsud Mallick, BDSHow we rank

Quick Answer

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We prioritize local relevance, review strength, service breadth, access, price clarity, and patient experience signals.

At A Glance

  • Perfect Smile Dental Care - San Jose is the strongest overall starting point in San Jose if you want a dependable option for porcelain veneers.
  • Bascom Family Dental - Karan Mody, DDS has the deepest documented patient-feedback history on this page — useful when you want the most established track record before narrowing.
  • Evergreen Dentists, Dentist in San Jose, CA is a stronger first look if weekend availability matters more than weekday convenience.

Quick Summary

6 clinics scored on this page

90.4

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Sedation Dentist Costs in San Jose, California (2026)

Approximate price ranges — may vary by provider and insurance plan

ProcedureTypical Cost
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)$50 – $150
Oral sedation (pill-based)$200 – $500
IV sedation (per hour)$250 – $900
General anesthesia$300 – $1,000
Sedation consultation$50 – $200
Sedation for dental implant procedure$300 – $800
Sedation for wisdom teeth extraction$200 – $600

Price ranges reflect typical San Jose, California pricing as of 2026. Actual costs vary by provider, complexity, and insurance coverage. Contact clinics directly for personalized quotes.

Prices verified Jul 15, 2026

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Top Clinics in San Jose Proper

Only clinics physically located in San Jose appear in this primary ranking.

1

Perfect Smile Dental Care - San Jose

4.7(588)·11 km from San Jose Downtown
90Smyleee

Unit 80, 4180, North First Street, Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens today at 8 AM

Documented for porcelain veneers in San Jose, with sedation dentistry on the service list and 9 procedures on file.

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<p>Perfect Smile Dental Care – San Jose is at unit 80, 4180 North First Street at the Tasman and Zanker Road corridor in North San Jose — a location in the technology industry zone of North San Jose, near the Tasman light rail station and the Cisco Systems campus, accessible from the surrounding North San Jose, Alviso, and Milpitas communities. The practice serves the tech workforce and residential communities along the North First Street corridor.</p> <p>The practice describes a proprietary Pain Less Injection Technique (PIT) developed to minimise the discomfort of local anaesthetic delivery — the aspect of dental treatment most consistently cited as the source of anticipatory anxiety among dental-avoiding patients. Standard local anaesthetic injection can cause significant discomfort when the solution is delivered rapidly or at room temperature, stretching the tissues and causing pain before the anaesthesia takes effect. Slow-injection delivery, pre-warmed anaesthetic cartridges, computer-controlled flow rate devices, and topical pre-anaesthetic application all contribute to reduced injection discomfort. A practice that has formalised this into a named technique signals that injection comfort is a deliberate clinical priority.</p> <p>The practice is also described as standing behind its dental work with a multi-year restoration warranty — a clinical confidence commitment unusual in general dentistry. A durability guarantee signals the practice's confidence in the materials and cementation protocols it uses, and aligns the practice's financial interest with the long-term success of every restoration placed.</p> <p>Smile makeovers and veneers address the cosmetic demand of the North San Jose technology professional demographic, where appearance expectations are high but appointment schedules are demanding. Sedation dentistry allows efficient appointment management for patients with anxiety or for consolidating multi-unit cosmetic treatment into fewer sessions.</p> <p>For North San Jose, Alviso, and Milpitas patients on the North First Street corridor who want a cosmetic and general dental practice with a stated injection-comfort technique, multi-year restoration warranty, and sedation dentistry, the unit 80 address at 4180 North First Street provides that combination.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryAffordable Dental CareCosmetic DentistryDental Cleaning+5 more
Offers Sedation DentistrySmyleee 90/1004.7★ · 588 reviews
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry, 4.7★ Google rating across 588 verified reviews, and Smyleee Rating 90/100.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry · Smyleee 90/100 · 4.7★ · 588 reviews
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic websitePrice range published9 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Jun 26, 2026
2

Bascom Family Dental - Karan Mody, DDS

5.0(201)·3.9 km from San Jose Downtown
89Smyleee

920, North Bascom Avenue, Rose Garden, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens Monday at 7:30 AM

Invisalign focus in San Jose, with sedation dentistry listed among 19 documented services.

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<p>Bascom Family Dental is at 920 North Bascom Avenue in San Jose's Rose Garden neighbourhood — on the North Bascom corridor in one of San Jose's most established residential areas, where historic homes, mature trees, and long-term homeownership characterise the community. Dr. Karan Mody leads this family and cosmetic dental practice, serving the Rose Garden and West San Jose patient population across the restorative, cosmetic, and general dental scope.</p> <p>CAD/CAM dental restorations are listed alongside endodontics and dental implants — a combination that covers the clinical decision tree from tooth preservation through tooth replacement. When a tooth presents with deep decay and requires both endodontic treatment and a full coronal restoration, the in-house CAD/CAM capability allows the crown to be milled and delivered in the same session that the post and core are placed. The implant capability means that when a tooth cannot be preserved, the replacement planning begins immediately within the same practice relationship, without a specialist referral breaking the treatment continuity.</p> <p>In the Rose Garden demographic — which includes long-term San Jose homeowners, West San Jose professionals, and families with multi-generational dental histories — the ability to manage complex restorative sequences within a single practice relationship avoids the coordination burden of managing separate endodontic and implant specialist care across multiple offices and appointment series.</p> <p>Sedation dentistry is available for patients with anxiety or for consolidating complex treatment into fewer appointments. Invisalign for adult alignment correction addresses the orthodontic demand of the Rose Garden professional demographic. Cosmetic dentistry, veneers, and dental bonding cover the esthetic correction range from full-coverage porcelain veneers to bonded composite for minor chips and discolouration on anterior teeth.</p> <p>Emergency dentistry, extractions, periodontal care, professional cleaning, and tooth decay treatment round out the preventive and urgent care scope. For Rose Garden and West San Jose patients on the North Bascom Avenue corridor who want a family dental practice with CAD/CAM technology, in-house endodontics, implants, and Invisalign, Dr. Mody's 920 North Bascom Avenue practice provides that combination.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryCAD/CAM Dental RestorationsCosmetic DentistryDental Bonding+15 more
Offers Sedation DentistrySmyleee 89/1005.0★ · 201 reviews
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry, 5.0★ Google rating across 201 verified reviews, and Smyleee Rating 89/100.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry · Smyleee 89/100 · 5.0★ · 201 reviews
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic websitePrice range published19 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Jun 26, 2026
3

San Jose Dental Specialists

4.9(150)·7.4 km from San Jose Downtown
89Smyleee

222, 1569, Lexan Ave, Evergreen, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens today at 9 AM

San Jose clinic with a pediatric dentistry specialty — Sedation Dentistry is on file among 11 procedures.

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<p>San Jose Dental Specialists is at suite 222, 1569 Lexan Avenue in San Jose's Evergreen neighbourhood — a location in East San Jose accessible from the surrounding Evergreen, Silver Creek, and Aborn Road communities. The practice brings together two board-certified specialists under one roof: Dr. Suzanne Nguyen, a paediatric dental specialist, and Dr. Daniel Nguyen, an orthodontist — a dual-specialist structure distinct from a general dentist who offers children's dentistry and Invisalign alongside general care.</p> <p>Dr. Suzanne Nguyen completed a two-year hospital-based paediatric dental residency after her dental degree — the post-doctoral training pathway required for paediatric dental board certification. A residency-trained paediatric dentist manages the full scope of paediatric dental care: behaviour management for anxious children, treatment under sedation for young patients who cannot cooperate with conventional dental care, and clinical experience with medically compromised and special needs paediatric patients that hospital residency training provides. The paediatric clinical environment at a specialist practice is calibrated differently from the adult dental chair — smaller equipment, age-appropriate appointment pacing, and staff specifically trained for the paediatric interaction.</p> <p>Dr. Daniel Nguyen is an orthodontic specialist who completed an accredited two-to-three-year orthodontic residency after dental school, training exclusively in tooth movement and jaw relationship correction. An orthodontic specialist manages the biomechanical complexity of multi-bracket treatment, cases requiring coordinated jaw surgery, and growth management in adolescent patients — a clinical scope that differs substantially from a general dentist offering braces or Invisalign as part of a broad general practice menu.</p> <p>Sedation dentistry covers the paediatric patients who require pharmacological management. Invisalign alongside braces provides aligner and bracket options for the Evergreen community's adolescent and adult orthodontic patients.</p> <p>For Evergreen, Silver Creek, and East San Jose families whose children need a paediatric dental specialist and whose members need an orthodontic specialist — at the same Lexan Avenue address — San Jose Dental Specialists provides that dual-specialist care in the East San Jose community.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryBracesChildren / Pediatric DentistryDental Fillings+7 more
Offers Sedation DentistrySmyleee 89/1004.9★ · 150 reviews
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry, 4.9★ Google rating across 150 verified reviews, and Smyleee Rating 89/100.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry · Smyleee 89/100 · 4.9★ · 150 reviews
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic websitePrice range published11 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Jun 26, 2026
4

Evergreen Dentists, Dentist in San Jose, CA

4.8(108)·8.4 km from San Jose Downtown
80Smyleee

204, 2847, South White Road, Evergreen, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens today at 8 AM

Pediatric Dentistry is the documented focus in San Jose; Sedation Dentistry sits within 18 services on profile.

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<p>When it comes to cosmetic dentistry, we put the same amount of devotion into making sure you have a beautiful smile as we are into helping you achieve healthy teeth.</p> <p>Many of our patients come to us because they’ve long been troubled by something about their smile – perhaps discolored or crooked teeth, an old dental injury, or a procedure that was botched by another dentist some time ago.</p> <p>We have the expertise to solve any number of cosmetic problems with your teeth. We also have the general dentistry to help you get a healthier smile. Most importantly, all of our staff have the time and the willingness to sit down with you and explain each possible procedure to you so that you can make an informed decision about what’s best for you.</p> <p>This isn’t just any decision, and the practice recognises that. This is your smile – and you want to be able to know what to expect before the procedure ever starts. You want to understand what cosmetic dentistry can and can’t do for you, and you want to know exactly what it will cost so you can make the most informed decision about what will work for you right now.</p> <p>And, of course, you want a beautiful, confident, eye-catching smile.</p> <p>We’re here to make sure you have all of this and more. We want every one of our patients to be able to look in the mirror and be thrilled with what they see, and glad that they came to us to achieve it.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryChildren / Pediatric DentistryComprehensive Dental CareCosmetic Dentistry+14 more
Offers Sedation Dentistry4.8★ · 108 reviews
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry and 4.8★ Google rating across 108 verified reviews.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry · 4.8★ · 108 reviews
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic websitePrice range published18 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Jun 27, 2026
5

Bay Area Kids Dentistry

4.7(41)·8.3 km from San Jose Downtown
82Smyleee

220, 991, Saratoga Avenue, West Valley, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens Monday at 9 AM

Profile in San Jose flags pediatric dentistry; lists Sedation Dentistry alongside 6 other documented services.

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<p>Bay Area Kids Dentistry is a West Valley practice on Saratoga Avenue, in the corridor that runs from West San Jose through Saratoga and Cupertino. As a kid-only pediatric practice, the office is set up around children specifically — chairs, equipment, waiting room, and the clinical approach are all designed for patients who are by definition kids, which changes how every visit feels compared to a general practice that occasionally sees children alongside adults on the same daily schedule with adult-sized expectations of compliance.</p> <p>The clinic handles the full pediatric dental program: preventive cleanings starting at the first tooth, dental sealants on the molars to head off cavities before they start, <strong>fluoride treatments tailored to each child's cavity-risk level</strong>, restorative fillings when cavities form, and pediatric emergency visits for the usual childhood mishaps. The kid-only setup also means the staff has built up the specific experience needed for genuinely nervous children — distraction techniques, kid-language explanations, and the patience of professionals whose entire day is spent treating children rather than splitting attention between adult and kid patients.</p> <blockquote>If your child is anxious about dental visits or has had a bad experience at a non-pediatric practice, a kid-only office is built around exactly that situation and tends to handle it more gracefully than a general dentist ever can across the long arc of building dental confidence.</blockquote> <p>For West Valley, Cupertino, and Saratoga families researching a kid-friendly dental clinic in San Jose, pediatric dental sealants and fluoride in San Jose, or a dentist for toddlers and infants in San Jose, this Saratoga Avenue practice handles those needs with the focus that only a children-only practice can offer. First visits here are explicitly structured around getting your child comfortable with the chair, the tools, and the dentist before any actual dental work happens at all — that ramp-up matters more for long-term dental anxiety than parents usually realize at the time.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryChildren / Pediatric DentistryDental CleaningDental Fillings+3 more
Offers Sedation Dentistry
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry and Smyleee Rating 82/100.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic website7 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Apr 27, 2026
6

Childrens Dental Center and Big People, Too!

2.9(37)·6.2 km from San Jose Downtown
63Smyleee

# 160, 1155, North Capitol Avenue, Berryessa, San Jose, California

Closed · Opens today at 8 AM

San Jose practice known for pediatric dentistry, with Sedation Dentistry among 8 documented procedures.

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<p>Childrens Dental Center and Big People, Too! is a Berryessa practice on North Capitol Avenue with a positioning that the name spells out directly: it's primarily a pediatric office, but accommodates parents and other adult family members in the same practice. For NE San Jose families in Berryessa, Penitencia Creek, and the broader 95132 / Sierra Road corridor, that combined-family-care model means a parent can book their own cleaning the same morning as their kid's checkup — saving a separate trip to a different dentist while keeping the whole family's dental records in one place across many years and the inevitable insurance changes that come with job changes.</p> <p>The pediatric side covers the full kids' program: preventive cleanings starting from the first tooth, dental sealants on the molars, <strong>fluoride treatments tailored for kids at every developmental stage</strong>, fillings when cavities form, and pediatric emergency visits. The adult side handles the routine general dentistry that keeps parents from skipping their own checkups out of inconvenience — the family-care setup is what makes both sides work in practice, and it's the parent dental care that statistically suffers most when the practice doesn't accommodate adults too.</p> <blockquote>If you'd rather not coordinate between a pediatric dentist for your kid and a separate general dentist for yourself, a family-and-pediatric practice consolidates those visits into one office for the whole household across one shared morning or afternoon block.</blockquote> <p>For Berryessa families researching a kid-friendly dental clinic in San Jose, a dentist for toddlers and infants in San Jose, or simply the best child dentist in San Jose for nervous kids, this practice handles those needs while also offering the convenience of adult care for parents. Multi-generational practices like this one are a quietly underrated category for busy families managing many people's dental schedules at once across years of overlapping kid and adult appointment cycles that would otherwise require coordinating two separate offices.</p>

Services:Sedation DentistryChildren / Pediatric DentistryDental CleaningDental Fillings+4 more
Offers Sedation Dentistry
Why this ranks
Best forSedation Dentistry
Why includedIncluded because this clinic directly offers Sedation Dentistry.
Stands outOffers Sedation Dentistry
ProofBusiness hours publishedDirect phone numberPublic website8 services listed
VerifiedClinic data last verified Apr 27, 2026

Side-by-Side Comparison

Hard signals for every sedation dentistry provider on this list — no opinions, just verifiable data.

#ClinicSmyleeeGoogleWkndIns.Fin.Offers
Sedation Dentistry
1Perfect Smile Dental Care - San Jose904.7(588)
2Bascom Family Dental - Karan Mody, DDS895.0(201)
3San Jose Dental Specialists894.9(150)
4Evergreen Dentists, Dentist in San Jose, CA804.8(108)
5Bay Area Kids Dentistry824.7(41)
6Childrens Dental Center and Big People, Too!632.9(37)

Smyleee Rating bands: 90+ Outstanding · 84–89 Excellent · 71–83 Very Good · 61–70 Good · below 61 Rated.

Other Top Sedation Dentistry Clinics in San Jose - California

6 additional providers ranked below the Top 10 using the same algorithm. Updated monthly.

How to Choose a Dentist in San Jose - California

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If you want routine or family care

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  • What is the total expected cost before treatment starts?
EditorialUpdated July 15, 2026Independently reviewed

Sedation dentistry in San Jose serves the Silicon Valley tech professional’s dental anxiety in its most specific form — the senior engineer whose Type-A high-performance orientation that has eliminated most sources of uncontrolled experience from their life makes the dental appointment’s unpredictability particularly intolerable, whose dental phobia was established in a childhood appointment where pain management was inadequate, and whose decade of avoidance has produced the deferred restorative case that requires the IV sedation appointment to address in a single extended session. The East San Jose Vietnamese-American patient’s dental anxiety is compounded by the language barrier that prevents the conscious sedation practice from providing the pre-sedation communication that addresses the specific fears the patient cannot articulate in English but that the Vietnamese-speaking dental team can assess and accommodate in the pre-operative conversation. California’s Dental Board sedation permit system ensures that the San Jose IV sedation practice has the permit level that the scope they are providing requires, and the extended-appointment same-day complete-care model that the best Silicon Valley sedation practices provide — the three-to-four-hour appointment that accomplishes the restorative plan that years of avoidance deferred — is the model that converts the dental-phobia patient’s first IV sedation appointment into the turning point of their relationship with dental care.

Smyleee evaluated San Jose sedation dental practices on California Dental Board sedation permit level confirming IV conscious sedation capability, patient monitoring protocol quality including capnography, extended-appointment same-day care model for the complex deferred-care presentation, Vietnamese-language pre-sedation consultation and consent for the East San Jose patient community, Spanish-language pre-sedation capability for the Latino patient community, and patient outcome consistency for the dental phobia and high-complexity deferred-care presentation. These ten San Jose practices are the sedation dentists the data confirmed as most reliably delivering clinically safe and therapeutically effective sedation dentistry to Silicon Valley’s full demographic range of dental anxiety patients.

Medically reviewed by

Dr Maqsud MallickBDS

Frequently Asked Questions

8 questions answered by our editorial team

The cost of sedation dentistry in San Jose depends on the specific treatment, materials, and your insurance coverage. Use the price guide on this page as a benchmark and confirm exact fees with the clinic before booking.
A sedation for dental implant procedure in San Jose typically ranges $300 – $800 (July 2026). Final pricing depends on the clinic, materials, and whether you have insurance.
A sedation for wisdom teeth extraction in San Jose typically ranges $200 – $600 (July 2026). Final pricing depends on the clinic, materials, and whether you have insurance.
An oral sedation (pill-based) in San Jose typically ranges $200 – $500 (July 2026). Final pricing depends on the clinic, materials, and whether you have insurance.
Smyleee ranks San Jose sedation dentistry clinics on a weighted score: verified patient reviews (30%), clinical credentials and expertise (20%), technology and equipment (15%), accessibility (15%), pricing transparency (10%), and patient experience (10%). The list is recomputed from current data and independently reviewed by Dr Maqsud Mallick, BDS.
The ranking is recalculated on a rolling basis from current review and profile data and was last reviewed in July 2026. Clinics can move up or down as their underlying data changes.
Prioritise verified credentials and relevant training, modern equipment and sterilisation standards, a strong and recent review history, transparent pricing, and clear communication about treatment options. Confirm the clinic is taking new patients and offers sedation dentistry before booking.
Many clinics in San Jose accept major dental insurance and offer financing such as in-house payment plans or third-party options like CareCredit for larger treatments. Coverage and financing vary by practice — confirm your plan is accepted and ask about phased or monthly payment options before treatment begins.

How We Vet Each Clinic

Every clinic on this list passes our verification process

  • License & standing verified — active California dental license confirmed with no disciplinary actions.
  • Patient review volume checked — minimum verified patient reviews across Google with a strong average rating.
  • Local presence confirmed — verified physical practice in the San Jose metro area with established patient base.
  • Technology & equipment assessed — modern dental technology and sterilization standards evaluated.
  • Transparent pricing reviewed — clear communication of costs, financing options, and insurance acceptance.

How We Scored the Best Clinics

Our transparent ranking methodology

Verified patient reviews & outcomes30%
Sedation Dentist expertise & credentials20%
Technology investment & modern equipment15%
Accessibility (hours, location, scheduling ease)15%
Transparent pricing & financing options10%
Patient experience & comfort measures10%

How This Page Was Reviewed

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Editorial checks

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  • Review strength and rating consistency
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Transparency

  • Content updated: July 15, 2026
  • Ranking last recomputed: July 1, 2026
  • Medical reviewer: Dr Maqsud Mallick, BDS
  • Clinic verification dates reflect the latest synced or modified profile timestamp
  • Organic rankings are algorithmic, sponsored rows are labeled
  • Clinics can move up or down when underlying data changes

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