Minimal sedation -- you are awake but relaxed. Moderate sedation (formerly called "conscious sedation") -- you may slur your words when speaking and not remember much of the procedure. Deep sedation - ...

Adverse events (AEs), including airway and breathing complications, occur in 1 in 12 instances of deep sedation (DS) performed in children at outpatient dental settings. The study was published on ...

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have updated their sedation guidelines for the first time in three years. The new guidelines call for two ...

We want to help you understand when sedation at the dentist may be necessary, what kinds of sedation we use, and why sedation is safe for your children. At Children's Choice in California, we're ...

In dental offices nationwide, children who need cavities filled or teeth pulled are sometimes sedated. Ideally, it makes them less anxious and more cooperative. They may swallow a liquid sedative or ...

Question: How do I know if I am a candidate for sedation dentistry? Answer: There are many different forms of sedation for dentistry. There is inhalational sedation, which is usually nitrous oxide.

When you are afraid your threshold for pain is much lower, you become hypersensitive to every sensation, prick and noise. Fear and anxiety trigger the release of certain chemicals like adrenalin, ...

The Alberta Dental Association and College decided Oct. 28 to “immediately suspend” the practice of allowing one dentist to provide deep sedation or general anesthesia while also providing dental ...

Alberta’s dental college has issued new professional rules banning dentists from administering deep sedation or general anesthesia to patients while at the same time performing a procedure. Dr.

Hispanic individuals who are hospitalized with respiratory failure are five times more likely than non-Hispanic patients to receive deep sedation while on a ventilator, according to a new study ...