The San Diego Police Department said it’s investigating the death of a 9-year-old girl who passed away just hours after undergoing dental surgery that involved anesthesia. That procedure happened on ...

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 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A widow is urging the North Carolina Dental Board to consider making changes to the way sedation dentistry is performed after her husband died after a routine ...

Every practitioner has a preference for which anesthetic to use for adult patients with severe dental anxiety. But, of sevoflurane or propofol, which do patients prefer? Researchers from Japan wanted ...

A husband claims in a recent court filing that his 53-year-old wife has severe brain damage and requires around-the-clock care after an anesthesia mistake prior to unneeded dental surgery, according ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Dental Board has approved changes to General Anesthesia and Sedation Rules meant to improve patient safety. The changes come in the wake of outcry over the ...