Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmDMedically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD The goal of anesthesia is to keep you pain-free during surgery or other procedures, such as dental work or sutures.

In Chapter 11 of A Guide to Dental Sedation, authored by Dr. John Hansford DMD, the complexities of sedation for these special needs populations are explored in depth. Dr. Hansford emphasizes the ...

This means that your child can recover very quickly from this type of sedation. The dentist will give your child some oxygen at the end of the sedation to help prevent them feeling a bit sick or ...

An uptick in deaths in the dental chair lead to calls for more rules and oversight over how dentists administer anesthesia.

The aim of this study was to assess the adverse effects of sedation in a large cohort of neonates. Method: Infants >32 weeks gestation undergoing brain MRI at our institution are sedated and ...