If your child needs to have tonsils removed, you probably take it for granted that a physician who specializes in anesthesiology will take care of anesthesia and monitoring, while the surgeon focuses ...

Cavities, or dental caries, are the most common chronic disease in children. Experts estimate more than 50% of kids have cavities in their primary teeth. The condition is five times more common than ...

A California State Assembly bill that would have required three practitioners to be present when a child younger than age 7 was undergoing anesthesia in a dental office has been put on hold, while a ...

Getting children to sit through a dental procedure is a challenge most practitioners inevitably face. The mere mention of the word "needle" can prompt anxiety and panic in young patients, making a ...

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 ...