Anesthesia

Dental work for toothache leads actor to lose his hobbit feet
By Melissa Busch
"The Lord of the Rings" actor recounted the time a toothache cost him his feet.
September 30, 2024
Billy Boyd. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
Clinical tip: Perfecting the painless palatal injection
By Kevin Henry
Here is another valuable clinical tip that can help every dental practice and dentist, courtesy of Dr. Darin O'Bryan and CDOCS.
September 5, 2024
Dr. Darin O'Bryan
Tired of waiting for anesthesia to wear off? This may help
By Melissa Busch
There may be a new way to reverse soft-tissue anesthesia faster in pediatric dental patients, according to a study.
June 6, 2024
Local Anesthetic Girl
Are you properly anesthetizing dental patients who use drugs like Ozempic?
By Melissa Busch
Clinicians may need to reconsider how they anesthetize and sedate dental patients who are taking glucagonlike peptide 1 agonists like Ozempic.
April 25, 2024
Surgery Female Surgeon
Understanding dental anesthesia: What to know about the ASMA injection
By Melia Lewis
I still remember the very first day of learning dental anesthesia and injections in dental hygiene school. Do you remember that day as well?
March 29, 2024
Melia Lewis
Complaint leads dentist to relinquish his license
By Melissa Busch
A dentist in Florida voluntarily surrendered his dental license, according to an order.
March 19, 2024
Iv Sedation2
Balanced Pharma names new advisory board member
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical startup Balanced Pharma has named Dr. Howard Glazer to its scientific advisory board.
March 13, 2024
Dr. Howard Glazer.
Revolutionizing dental injections: The Balanced Pharma story
By Kevin Henry
Dr. Scott Keadle, the founder and CEO of Balanced Pharma, recently shared insights about a groundbreaking dental anesthetics innovation in an interview at the Chicago Dental Society 2024 Midwinter Meeting.
March 4, 2024
Anesthetic Injection
Numb and number: Coding beyond local anesthetics and nitrous oxide sedation
By Estela Vargas
Estela Vargas, CRDH, addresses the billing and coding considerations and pitfalls in billing for IV sedation.
February 27, 2024
Estela Vargas, CRDH.
Numb and number: Coding and billing for anesthesia services in the dental practice
By Estela Vargas
Estela Vargas, CRDH, gives dental professionals the lowdown on what they need to know about local anesthetics and inhaled nitrous oxide as well as the related billing and coding considerations.
February 13, 2024
Estela Vargas, CRDH.
Light, not needles, may numb dental patients
By Karie Neeley Anderson
A new tool may take the ouch out of numbing dental patients.
January 24, 2024
Doctoral candidate Simone Sleep tests the Nuralyte device on cells. Image courtesy of Griffith University.
Dental anesthesia mishap leaves woman with severe brain damage
By Melissa Busch
A 53-year-old woman has severe brain damage and requires around-the-clock care after an anesthesia mistake prior to what her husband claimed was unneeded dental surgery.
January 19, 2024
Lawsuit
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