Anesthesia: Page 53

Keep your patients safe: How to handle medical emergencies

By Dr. Monica "mOe" Anderson

If one of your patients has a life-threatening allergic reaction while in your office, are you prepared? Here are some tips from Stanley Malamed, D.D.S., a leading authority on emergency medicine in the dental office.

October 29, 2008

Managing the oral side effects of cancer treatment

By Rabia Mughal

Dentists can play a key role in helping cancer patients endure the oral side effects of cancer treatments, according to Sol Silverman, D.D.S., M.A., professor of oral medicine at the UCSF School of Dentistry. The goal is to make them as comfortable as possible following radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery.

October 8, 2008

Low-dose Dex shows promise for general dentistry

By Kathy Kincade

Dexmedetomidine, an intravenous sedative that induces a natural, sleeplike experience, could begin showing up in some dental offices in the near future. But anesthesia experts warn there are important limitations to consider first.

October 5, 2008

Milestone acquires patent rights, resolves litigation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Milestone Scientific has acquired additional patent rights for painless anesthetic injections, including rights related to controlling pressures used in providing these injections.

October 1, 2008

Lack of antibiotics costs dentist $2.6 million

By Kathy Kincade

UPDATE: An Oklahoma jury has sided against Robert Morford, D.D.S., whose diabetic patient died after he extracted her tooth without prescribing antibiotics. But the jury found the patient's husband partially liable as well.

September 28, 2008

Cardio issues are changing dentistry, expert says

By Laird Harrison

Blood pressure cuffs? Yes. Amoxicillin? Not so much. Dentists must change the way they attend to their patients' cardiovascular health, according to oral medicine specialist Michael Siegel, D.D.S., M.S. The good news is that you can bill for your medical advice.

September 21, 2008

Maine dental board challenges oral sedation safety

By Kathy Kincade

If proposed changes to the dental board's guidelines for sedation are approved, Maine would become the only state in the U.S. to require patients to wear heart monitors during moderate oral sedation.

September 11, 2008

Tylenol and pain management: Know when to say when

By Kathy Kincade

Acetaminophen -- the main ingredient in over-the-counter analgesics such as Tylenol -- is considered safer than aspirin and ibuprofen for alleviating general and postoperative dental pain. But it is also too often the source of accidental overdoses.

September 2, 2008

Critics fault research on calcium phosphate products

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

You can get it as a prophy paste or a toothpaste, a gum or a rinse. Nearly a score of calcium phosphate products are jostling for position on store shelves and the hearts of dentists across the U.S. But a growing chorus of researchers says the evidence so far doesn't support the claims.

August 27, 2008

Chicago dentists settle out of court in sedation death

By Kathy Kincade

A judge has ruled that Joseph and Laurence Feldman must pay $3.9 million to the family of a patient who died in their care. Their future as dentists now lies in the hands of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

August 13, 2008

Crosstex Pink program supports cancer patients

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Crosstex International has developed several new dental products designed to help dentists support the fight against women's cancers.

August 10, 2008

Dentists' licenses suspended in sedation death

By Laird Harrison

The state of Illinois last week suspended the licenses of two Chicago dentists after a patient died during sedation in their office. The case may offer lessons for any dentist who practices conscious sedation, says the president of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists.

August 3, 2008

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