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Anesthesia: Page 7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Week in Review: A look at regenerative endo treatments | Chicago Midwinter Meeting highlights | Webinar next week
By
Theresa Pablos
February 25, 2022
Dealing with the 'I still feel that' during anesthesia delivery
By
Melissa Busch
Achieving complete anesthesia of a patient's tooth that needs treatment when everything else in the mouth seems numb is the most common difficulty clinicians face, according to a presenter at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting.
February 23, 2022
My jaw pain is killing me: 10 causes and treatments
By
Dr. Alvin Danenberg
Jonathan showed up in Dr. Alvin Danenberg's office complaining of severe pain in his tooth, jaw muscles, and jaw joint. At first Danenberg suspected a failing root canal, but further investigation revealed something more. He explains common causes of jaw pain and how he cured Jonathan's.
February 22, 2022
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