Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

Local anesthesia involves using medications (local anesthetics) to numb an area of your body. It's used to prevent pain during and after surgery or other medical procedures, such as dental work or ...

A 64-year-old woman in Tennessee experienced tongue paralysis, which affected her ability to talk, following the administration of local infiltration anesthesia for a dental restoration procedure. The ...

Dental implants are often advertised as an affordable option, but many factors impact the final cost, including the provider ...

Dental hygienists in New York now can administer local infiltration anesthesia and nitrous oxide to patients while assisting dentists with all dental procedures, thanks to a bill that was recently ...

Discover how Benadryl, a common antihistamine, can be used as a local anesthetic for minor surgical procedures and dental ...

The girl was found "unresponsive" hours after undergoing the surgery in Vista, California, it's been reported Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Authorities are ...

State records show dentists have called for emergency services dozens of times in the past five years after patients received anesthesia during dental work and experienced medical complications. One ...