While the use of propofol is common in dentistry, researchers are fine-tuning ways of using it effectively. Proper sedation and patient comfort can depend on fairly large doses of propofol when it is ...

Owing to its excellent safety record and success rate, inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen is the main stay for paediatric dental sedation in the UK and many other countries worldwide.

The District Early Intervention Centre (DEIC) of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Tiruchi on Wednesday inaugurated a dental nitrous oxide sedation unit on its premises to offer ...

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In a dental office overlooking the Magnificent Mile, Valerie Carlson teared up as she recalled traumatic dental surgery that left her filled with fear when she was a teenager. On this day, she was to ...

Moderate sedation is typically used during lower gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures. Deep sedation with propofol is becoming widespread but carries the risk of cardiorespiratory depression. Nitrous ...

Ginny Miller, certified nurse midwife with Holyoke Medical Center's Midwifery Care, left, and Virginia Thomas, registered nurse, check out the nitrous oxide sedation machine at Holyoke Medical's ...

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...

With annual worldwide rates of oropharyngeal cancers topping 85,000, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated the prevalence and types of human ...