Posts Tagged ‘sedation dentistry’
Paediatric Dental Sedation: What about It?
Prior to now, sedation dentistry has not been a part of dental practices. It has only been in recent times that more dental practitioners are incorporating sedation into their dental practices and are undertaking and completing the requirements needed to do so. Until recently, sedation dentistry was in use mainly for third molar removal and […]
Devon Dental practice teams up with hypnotherapist
A dental practice in Devon has teamed-up with a hypnotherapist to help treat their nervous, anxious and phobic patients. The Riverview Dental practice, in Totnes, Devon, is utilising the services of hypnotherapist Chris Fleet in order to help those patients who are scared and nervous about visiting the dentist. Dental phobia is an issue that […]
Wigan dentist put children’s lives at risk
A dentist from Wigan has been accused of putting children’s lives at risk by sedating them with potentially harmful drugs. Barry Rimmer regularly sedated anxious children with strong sedative, including ketamine, which is used to sedate horses and propofol, the drug which has been linked to Michael Jackson’s untimely death. Mr Rimmer also used alfentanil […]
Dental Council of New Zealand assessing dentist’s breach of Health and Disability Code
A report by the Health and Disability Commission sent to the Dental Council of New Zealand found that the dental treatment received by a New Zealand teacher, named as Mrs. A, amounted to about $29,000 since 2006 and was found to be of low quality. Investigation by the acting Health and Disability Commissioner revealed that […]
Florida dentist helps patients to relax
Most people experience a degree of anxiety when faced with going to the dentist so new measures to help patients relax are always welcome. Statistics have revealed that a shocking 75 percent of people suffer from dental anxiety. Dr Aurel Chebanu, a dentist from Plantation, Florida has taken these figures into account and is now […]
