Veterinary practices — even dog groomers — are now offering anesthetic-free dentistry for dogs and cats. And the procedure has caught on. However, cleaning a pet’s mouth without anesthesia is not ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: My holistic veterinarian says my 10-year-old cat Moses has rotten ...

In an effort to find a new method of pain management, researchers from the Sharad Pawar Dental College in Maharashtra, India, published a study in the current issue of Anesthesia Progress that ...

Q: My holistic veterinarian says my 10-year-old cat Moses has rotten teeth, and at least one tooth has fallen out. Because of his age, I don't want him anesthetized for dental treatment, so the vet ...

Q: My holistic veterinarian says my 10-year-old cat Moses has rotten teeth, and at least one tooth has fallen out. Because of his age, I don’t want him anesthetized for dental treatment, so the vet ...

Question: Do I still get Novocain if I use sedation? Answer: First, before we can answer this question, we need to redefine the word Novocain. Novocain is the name of a type of dental anesthetic, just ...

Within a few years after their introduction into widespread clinical use, three major classes of inhaled anesthetics were used: hydrocarbons, ethers, and other (non–carbon-based) gases. Nitrous oxide ...

Dental Dose is a twice-monthly video series featuring pharmacologist Tom Viola, RPh. In each episode, Viola shares bite-sized pieces of dental pharmacology news, facts, and myths. In the late 1800s ...