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Can hypnosis relieve acute dental pain?
By Alex Dagostino
Can hypnosis be an alternative to medication for relieving acute dental pain? Although there are only a few dozen studies on the topic, the evidence is promising that hypnosis can help relieve dental pain, according to a systematic review published June 16 in the Journal of Dentistry.
June 19, 2022
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Why the war in Ukraine might make root canals more difficult
By Darius Tahir
The war in Ukraine is being felt worldwide, and the U.S. healthcare system is not immune. Supplies of helium, critical for magnetic resonance imaging machines, and nitrous oxide, important for dentistry, are two healthcare products that have been mired by shortages.
June 15, 2022
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Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider: Why dentists should look for numb chin syndrome
By Theresa Pablos
June 1, 2022
Computer-controlled anesthesia cuts the ouch for kids
By Melissa Busch
Children injected with computer-controlled intraligamentary anesthesia prior to molar extractions felt less pain than those given typical inferior alveolar nerve blocks, according to a study published May 20 in BMC Oral Health.
May 24, 2022
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NY hygienists can give nitrous oxide, local anesthesia
By Melissa Busch
Dental hygienists in New York now can administer local infiltration anesthesia and nitrous oxide to patients while assisting dentists with all dental procedures, thanks to a bill that was recently signed into law.
May 17, 2022
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Root canal sealer found in woman with nerve injury
By Melissa Busch
A 27-year-old woman lost sensation in her chin and lip following root canal treatment on her mandibular molar. Months later, specialists confirmed that extrusion of the root canal sealer caused the patient's permanent anesthesia, according to a case report published April 1 in Oral Surgery.
April 7, 2022
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Lidocaine shot may have led to patient's heart attack
By Melissa Busch
A local injection of lidocaine during dental treatment possibly induced a coronary artery spasm, potentially resulting in a 50-year-old man's heart attack, according to a case report published April 3 in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
April 4, 2022
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Week in Review: Girl diagnosed with rare, life-threatening lesion | Sugar substitutes linked to cancer | Dentistry responds to the crisis in Ukraine
By Theresa Pablos
March 25, 2022
Oral surgeon charged with murder of patient turned girlfriend
By Melissa Busch
An oral surgeon in Maryland was arrested for his alleged involvement in the overdose death of a 25-year-old former patient who later became his employee and girlfriend, according to a press release from the Montgomery County Department of Police.
March 24, 2022
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Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider: Tramadol-dexketoprofen combo effective for 3rd-molar extraction
By Theresa Pablos
March 23, 2022
Dentists urge better monitoring after 5-year-old's sedation scare
By Melissa Busch
Some clinicians are urging dentists to use a new method to better monitor sedated dental patients after a 5-year-old boy didn't wake up for an hour following intravenous sedation. The correspondence was published March 16 in the Journal of Dental Sciences.
March 22, 2022
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Shot of generic Botox eases woman's nondental tooth pain
By Melissa Busch
An injection of botulinum toxin A, a neurotoxin marketed under the brand names Botox, Jeuveau, and Xeomin protein, weakened the myofascial pain of a 39-year-old woman with a nonodontogenic toothache, according to a case report recently published in Clinical Case Reports.
March 6, 2022
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