About 4 in 10 dental patients experience transient bradycardia or lower heart rates, which may lead to heart failure and cardiac arrest, while being administered local anesthesia under sedation. The ...

So what do you do when patients sit in the chair and refuse any kind of anesthetic during their dental procedure? While it is a rarity, it does happen, as was illustrated in a recent DrBicuspid.com ...

The average adult will develop 32 teeth, however, the average mouth is made to hold only 28. These four extra teeth are your third molars, also known as “wisdom teeth.” During adolescence the roots of ...

Children are very stressed by anesthetics injected into the mouth before tooth extraction, in connection with orthodontic treatment. In a study from the University of Gothenburg, a technique was ...