Researchers from Scotland found a significant drop in dental care visits after children in the U.K. underwent general anesthesia for dental procedures in a recent study. The findings were published on ...

1. Which doctor administers anesthesia during dental procedures? Usually it is the dentist who administers local anesthesia during dental procedures. However, for administering general anesthesia and ...

Sam Pate, left, and Virginia Augsbery perform dental work on a child at Salida Surgery Center earlier this month. Joan Barnett Lee [email protected] The state has proposed guidelines for the use of ...

When your child goes to the dentist to have teeth pulled or cavities treated, they sometimes need to be put to sleep. But in rare cases this type of sedation can be dangerous or even deadly for ...

Major changes could be coming to dentist offices across North Carolina. Currently, if a patient needs anesthesia to have a tooth pulled or for oral surgery, a dentist can administer sedation or ...