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ADA 2014: Session focuses on best uses for established anesthetics, new anesthetics
By Donna Domino
SAN ANTONIO - The best uses of established local dental anesthetics, as well as the future use of nasal spray and long-acting anesthetics, were the focus of an opening-day session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting.
October 8, 2014
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NC dentist's license suspended after patient sedation death
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A North Carolina dentist's license was suspended by the state dental board following the apparent overdose death of his patient last October.
September 21, 2014
Septodont donates to NCOHF
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Septodont has donated more than $138,000 in sealant and anesthesia reversal products to the National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America's ToothFairy program.
July 24, 2014
Propofol + nitrous oxide may avoid sedation hypotension
By Rob Goszkowski
Hypotension is a risk associated with the administration of propofol. Now Japanese researchers have found that combining it with nitrous oxide leads to better sedation and smaller reduction of blood pressure.
July 21, 2014
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Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver drugs into teeth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Maryland researchers are developing a less invasive technique to deliver medication directly into teeth. The treatment for pulpitis would use magnetic fields to move medication attached to nanoparticles through a tooth's dentin and into the pulp to treat infections.
July 21, 2014
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Sedation dosage crucial in at-risk patients
By Tony Edwards
A new editorial in Anesthesia Progress by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel M. Weaver reminds dentists, oral surgeons, and all dental professionals that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at risk of death not only during procedural sedation but also at home afterward while asleep.
July 20, 2014
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Conn. dentist has license suspended after patient dies
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Connecticut dentist has had his license suspended for not monitoring a sedated patient who died after he allegedly ignored repeated warnings by dental assistants about the patient's falling oxygen levels.
May 15, 2014
NCPDP issues oral liquid medications guide
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) has issued a patient safety white paper on oral liquid medications dosing.
April 8, 2014
Hawaii girl died from drugs used during dental procedure
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A 3-year-old Hawaii girl who died following extensive dental procedures had no underlying heart problems and likely died because of the drugs used to sedate her, according to the medical examimer.
March 24, 2014
3-year-old La. boy dies after dental procedure
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A 3-year-old Louisiana boy has died following a dental procedure earlier this month.
March 23, 2014
St. Renatus gets $5M, completes phase III trials of Kovacaine Mist
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
St. Renatus has secured a $5 million investment, and will apply for FDA approval of its Kovacaine Mist anesthetic nasal spray this year, having recently completed phase III clinical trials.
March 19, 2014
NC dental board to change sedation rules
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners is planning changes to its rules on sedation following the deaths of two patients.
March 9, 2014
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