Around 10 to 30 percent of people have anxiety and concerns about pain with dental procedures. Anxiety can delay getting treatment and that can make the problem worse. Anesthetics have been around for ...

On6, 1846, Boston dentist William T.G. Morton administered ether to a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital and, for the ...

The first successful public demonstration of the inhalational induction of anesthesia took place in the surgical amphitheater of Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846. The news spread ...

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 ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...

When 58% of patients say the injection is the worst part of the dental experience, it's time someone did something about it, and that's exactly what is happening right now in our industry. This year ...