A day in history in need of revisiting Hartford, Connecticut, December 11, 1844. Crowds had gathered for a traveling ...

Methemoglobinemia can occur when excessive amounts of nitrous oxide get into someone's hemoglobin and tissues don't receive enough oxygen The cause of death has been revealed for a 9-year-old girl who ...

Deregulating dental hygienists' scope-of-practice rules, like administering nitrous oxide, at state levels may not have the sweeping benefits that advocates expect, according to a study that was ...

While the use of propofol is common in dentistry, researchers are fine-tuning ways of using it effectively. Proper sedation and patient comfort can depend on fairly large doses of propofol when it is ...

VISTA, Calif. — A nine-year-old girl died in March from "methemoglobinemia in the setting of recent nitrous oxide administration" following dental surgery in Vista, the Medical Examiner's Office ...