Posts Tagged ‘anaesthetic’
Patient Travels Over 90 Miles To Conquer Phobia
Huddersfield resident David Slack, had refused to go to the dentist for almost 24 years, suffering from dental phobia. It was only until a close friend told him of a new dental facility, located 90 miles away in the North East. Billingham’s Queensway private Dental Clinic is in collaboration with Hartlepool’s University hospital to provide […]
Could Ancient Rainforest Remedy Banish Toothache For Good?
An ancient Incan toothache remedy has successfully passed the first two stages of clinical trials, meaning that a rainforest remedy could soon put a stop to dental pain. Dr Francoise Barbira Freedman, an anthropologist at Cambridge University, was the first Westerner to be invited to the Peruvian rainforest to spend time with the Keshwa Lamas […]
Dental trip for Walker the polar bear
Walker the polar bear, from Highland Wildlife Park in Kinguisse, Scotland, has undergone dental treatment for a troublesome tooth. The 38 stone bear was treated after staff at the wildlife park noticed that his jaw was swollen. The 2 year old polar bear was given a course of antibiotics but the swelling did not heal […]
A sympathetic approach essential for patients with dental phobia
Dentists who are trained in dealing with patients with dental phobia have insisted that a sensitive and sympathetic approach is required and urged fellow dentists to treat the issue of dental phobia in an understanding and compassionate manner. Dental phobia is a common condition; the British Dental Association estimates that 25 percent of people suffer […]
Anaesthetic stolen from Glasgow dental practice
Police have alerted members of the public and issued a warning after twenty cartridges of anaesthetic were stolen from a dental practice in Glasgow. Twenty cartridges of the anaesthetic, Lignocaine Hydrochloride were stolen from the Dental Studio on Victoria Road in the south of the city during the New Year break. The robbery took place […]
Wolverine set to undergo dental treatment
Hughie the wolverine is set to undergo dental treatment in Winnipeg. Veterinarians are preparing to carry out root canal treatment on the wolverine after dental staff detected deterioration during treatment for another condition last month. The team at Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg then contacted Dr Colleen O’Morrow from the Birchwood Animal Hospital. Wolverines are […]
Dental patients given ‘lethal’ doses of drug by mistake
Eight dental patients received a potentially lethal dose of a sedative drug after a mix-up at the University of Colorado dental school, it has been revealed. Dentists at the school were unaware that they had given the patients five times the recommended dose, after the drug was added to the school’s stock by mistake. The […]
Drug dealers using dental anaesthetic to boost profits
Drug dealers across the UK are using dental anaesthetic to dilute cocaine supplies, it has been revealed. Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency have warned that dealers are procuring large volumes of dental anaesthetics to build up the cocaine they sell on the streets. Officers are clamping down on the industry and have seized […]
Money for dental treatment will pay for snooker legend’s funeral
The money raised for Alex Higgins’ dental treatment will now be used to pay for his funeral, it has been announced. Just a few months ago, shocking pictures of the snooker star appeared in the national media after it was revealed that Higgins was losing his fight to stay alive due to the inability to […]
New anaesthetic could spell the end of the dreaded needle
A new method of anaesthetising patients could put an end to the dreaded needle. Dr Biju Krishnan, of Lubiju Dental Practice in Edinburgh, is trialling the new QuickSleeper device, which enables patients to be anaesthetised without them feeling the pain of an injection. The new device causes patients to feel a slight vibration, rather than […]
