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Local anesthesia may be linked to woman's tongue paralysis

By Melissa Busch

A woman experienced tongue paralysis after the administration of local infiltration anesthesia for a dental restoration procedure, according to a case report published in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases.

March 20, 2023

Sedative-induced fantasies may be rare risk to dentists

By Melissa Busch

Hallucinated sexual assaults and erotic fantasies induced by sedatives, including midazolam, may occur during procedures like dental restorations, putting clinicians at risk of legal troubles, according to a review published on March 9 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

March 13, 2023

CDA calls for changes to sedation permits

By Amerigo Allegretto

The California Dental Association (CDA) is asking the California Dental Board to adjust its training requirements for moderate sedation permits, as well as onsite inspections and evaluations.

February 16, 2023

Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider: Melatonin may reduce pain, swelling after 3rd molar surgery

By Melissa Busch

February 15, 2023

How cannabis affects vital signs, sedation for oral surgery

By Melissa Busch

Patients undergoing IV sedation who test positive for cannabis may have vital signs and anesthetic requirements similar to those who don't have the drug in their systems, according to a small study published recently in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

February 9, 2023

What you need to know about anesthesia and the climate crisis

By Melissa Busch

Clinicians can reduce the amount of anesthetic gas, including nitrous oxide, used during procedures without negatively affecting patient care and help fight global warming, according to research presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Advance 2023 event.

January 29, 2023

Tekmika Health signs deal with Milestone Scientific

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Tekmika Health Technologies has signed a deal to exclusively distribute Milestone Scientific's single-tooth anesthesia system in Brazil.

January 11, 2023

How to better predict a patient's risk of postsurgical pain

By Melissa Busch

Clinical factors, including pain severity before and during root canals, may better predict the risk of postoperative pain than sociodemographic characteristics such as race and income, according to a study published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.

January 2, 2023

Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider: How to better predict a patient's risk of postsurgical pain

By Melissa Busch

December 21, 2022

Combo of anesthesia and technique key to numbing patients

By Will Morton

While a robust armamentarium is available for dentists to effectively administer anesthesia, the key to success is finding the right balance in the use of its tools and techniques, according to a recent DrBicuspid.com webinar.

December 15, 2022

3D maps of TMJ sensory neurons help researchers study pain

By Melissa Busch

A joint U.S. health and pain reduction consortium granted awards to researchers to create 3D innervation maps of different sensory neurons found in the knee and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) to study how neurons create pain.

November 14, 2022

Regional anesthesia cuts opioid use in oral reconstructions

By Melissa Busch

Supplemental regional anesthesia may reduce opioid use in patients following microvascular free flap reconstruction of the oral cavity, according to a study published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

November 14, 2022

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