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 ...

CHARLOTTE — Members of the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners are weighing proposed changes to rules surrounding anesthesia during dental procedures. In a public hearing Thursday, the ...

Furthermore, 10% of children had no contact with their primary care dentist in the year before undergoing dental general anesthesia. But that proportion jumped to 40% in the following year. In a ...

A former Illinois dentist was sentenced to prison after officials said he stole medicine intended to be used as anesthesia during surgery, leaving his patients crying and moaning in pain. Phillip M.

An Illinois dentist stole anesthesia medicine from patients during surgery, feds say. Photo by note thanun on Unsplash. A former Illinois dentist was sentenced to prison after officials said he stole ...