There are very few people who would consider having dental treatment without anesthesia. Preventive services and routine teeth cleanings aside, one of the top reasons why people avoid dental care is ...

Can you guess which states in the U.S. still do not allow dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia? Chances are, your hunch was right: States in the traditionally conservative south -- Alabama ...

Nearly six years after an Arizona toddler died following a visit to the dentist, state regulators are proposing changes in how dentists treat their smallest patients. Zion Gastelum was 2 years old ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) — The Ohio State Dental Board has permanently revoked the anesthesia permit of a dentist and suspended his dental license indefinitely following the death of a patient ...

As you might expect of most any six-year-old, Caleb Sears was afraid on the March, 2015 day his mom and dad took him to the dentist. “I was scared too,” said his mother, Eliza. “Any time you you send ...

New program launch: Sovereign Dental began offering in-office pediatric general anesthesia on May 5, aiming to cut pediatric dental waits from years to weeks. Addressing backlog: Limited hospital ...

“The board, in its expertise, has determined that suspension of the dental license and permanent revocation of the general anesthesia permit is necessary to adequately protect the public,” board ...