LOS ANGELES Recently, Dustin Fuller has been calm while he waits to see his dentist. But it wasn't always that way. "I was really deathly afraid of the dentist," said Fuller. After avoiding the ...
I'd rather put up with toothache than visit the dentist. The American Dental Association says people should discuss levels of sedation with their dentist. Squirming, I stretch out my palm to the ...
Imagine a patient staring at their calendar and dreading their upcoming dental appointment—or worse—rescheduling it for the ...
If your child needs extensive dental work, their pediatric dentist may recommend that they undergo sedation. Sedation is a safe way for dentists to complete any required procedures effectively, but it ...
Those who get nervous in the dentist's chair might ask for sedation. But after four deaths in 18 months related to sedation in dental offices, there is a proposal to dramatically change the rules ...
New guidance on dental sedation from the Faculty of Dental Surgery, RCS Eng and the Royal College of Anaesthetists (http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/fds). Defines 'standard ...
Conscious sedation has been used in a variety of forms in dentistry but is sometimes mistaken by patients for general anaesthesia which has been prohibited in a general dental practice setting in the ...