There are very few people who would consider having dental treatment without anesthesia. Preventive services and routine teeth cleanings aside, one of the top reasons why people avoid dental care is ...

A 9-year-old girl died hours after she went under anesthesia for a dental procedure at a San Diego office where a dentist had been investigated after a patient nearly died. The procedure took place ...

Officials say Silvanna Moreno died on March 18 hours after a dental surgery and after her family discovered something seemed wrong Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a dental hygiene bill that allows dental hygienists to use nitrous oxide and local infiltration anesthesia to assist dentists with all dental ...

Silvanna Moreno, a nine-year-old girl, tragically died after a dental procedure under anesthesia in Vista. Following the procedure and subsequent discharge, she was found unresponsive at home. The ...

The death last month of 4-year-old Lý Trí Dũng at an Oakland dental office has once again raised the question: Does California need stricter rules over the use of anesthesia in the dentist’s office?

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 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Dental Board is considering making sweeping changes to the way sedation dentistry is performed. The death of a well respected and greatly loved ...

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 ...