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Successful Treatment of Fearful Dental Patients
Did you know that up to 40% of people have some level of dental anxiety? Thankfully, advancements in sedation have allowed for easier treatment of fearful patients, and many dentists now use nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and oral or intravenous drugs in their offices. But the dental professionals at Tufts School of Dental Medicine, which […]
Nitrous Oxide and Sedation Dentistry: A Standard of Safety
Nitrous oxide-oxygen (N2O-O2), also known as laughing gas, has safely been used for sedation in dentistry for decades. Today, it is used primarily for anxiety management because fear and anxiety are both associated with a lowered pain threshold and increased patient discomfort. Due to its extremely safe and ease of use, licensed dental hygienists have […]
Dental Phobia and Your Oral Health
Visiting the dentist is a critical component of achieving and maintaining good oral health, which we now know is extremely important to overall health and wellness. While most dental procedures are painless, simply having an exam can cause some people to feel stress and anxiety. Most people can handle these feelings, but for those living […]
Sedation Success Tied to Children’s Traits
When a child has to undergo a dental procedure (other than the typical exam and cleaning), nitrous oxide inhalation sedation is often used to improve cooperation. However, this method isn’t always successful. Recently, a team of researchers set out to determine which children are better candidates for this form of sedation, and to try to […]
New Pain-free Anesthetic for the Dental Office
A promising new pain management treatment has been found to be safe and effective, and researchers believe that it can be successfully used in the dental office. The nasal spray Kovanaze was just put through a Phase 3 clinical trial, meaning it was given to a large group of people to confirm its effectiveness and […]
Understanding Dental Pain and Brain Function
There’s been a new discovery in dental anesthesia, helping professionals better understand dental pain and hopefully how to limit it. While local anesthesia has been used in dentistry for over a century, no one ever understood how the pain is associated with brain mechanisms. According to a recent Dental Tribune article, new research has now […]
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