This content is sponsored by NOVA Dental Anesthesia. If the thought of going to the dentist makes you nervous, you are not alone. About 75% of adults have some type of anxiety about sitting down in ...

Conscious sedation is defined as ‘a technique in which the use of a drug or drugs produces a state of depression of the central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out, but during which ...

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 ...

If the thought of a dental visit sends your heart racing, you’re not alone. Most people avoid visits to a dentist, considering it to be raising their anxiety levels and creating a panic. This fear is ...

Conscious sedation helps reduce anxiety, discomfort, and pain during certain medical procedures. Doctors use medications and sometimes local anesthesia to induce relaxation. Conscious sedation is now ...

EDMONTON – Less than two months after four-year-old Amber Athwal slipped into a coma during a dental procedure, one expert in dental sedation says dentists need to follow higher standards and ...

Fear of pain is the main reason people avoid seeing the dentist. The good news is that there is a wide array of medications and techniques -- used alone or in combination -- that can reduce or ...

The Maryland Sedation Dentistry and Surgical Center opened this month on Thomas Johnson Drive in Frederick, offering dental specialists and oral surgeons a place to sedate and operate on their ...

Dr. Veronica Thompson told the Florida Board of Dentistry at a May 2017 meeting that what happened to Tommy Myers in her office was upsetting and tragic. Dr. Thompson sedated 39-year-old Tommy during ...