The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have updated their sedation guidelines for the first time in three years. The new guidelines call for two ...

Conscious sedation is defined as ‘a technique in which the use of a drug or drugs produces a state of depression of the central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out, but during which ...

In a joint statement, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, and the Society for Pediatric Sedation ...

Conscious sedation helps reduce anxiety, discomfort, and pain during certain medical procedures. Doctors use medications and sometimes local anesthesia to induce relaxation. Conscious sedation is now ...

Following several patient deaths in connection with sedation procedures, the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners (“Dental Board”) in January 2022 published a series of proposed changes to ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Board of Dentistry plans to consider changes to certain surgical procedures when dentists use conscious sedation, investigative reporter Daralene Jones learned. 9 ...