I'd rather put up with toothache than visit the dentist. The American Dental Association says people should discuss levels of sedation with their dentist. Squirming, I stretch out my palm to the ...

If your child needs extensive dental work, their pediatric dentist may recommend that they undergo sedation. Sedation is a safe way for dentists to complete any required procedures effectively, but it ...

LOS ANGELES Recently, Dustin Fuller has been calm while he waits to see his dentist. But it wasn't always that way. "I was really deathly afraid of the dentist," said Fuller. After avoiding the ...

Those who get nervous in the dentist's chair might ask for sedation. But after four deaths in 18 months related to sedation in dental offices, there is a proposal to dramatically change the rules ...

Editor’s note: The Dental Board of California is accepting public input on dental anesthesia until Friday, Oct. 28. If you’d like to voice an opinion, e-mail Karen Fischer, the board’s executive ...

Patients testified Tuesday to having teeth removed without their permission and shared stories of other dental procedures gone wrong at the hands of an Anchorage dentist on trial for a slew of charges ...

As if people didn’t already have anxiety about going to the dentist, the recent arrest of a dental assistant in New York may give patients one more thing to worry about. Arieta Gouvakis was arrested ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Prosecutors say an Alaska dentist charged with Medicaid fraud pulled a sedated patient's tooth while riding a hoverboard. Seth Lookhart was charged with 17 counts of Medicaid ...

I'm terrified of going to the dentist, and to even handle simple procedures, I need to be sedated. I'd rather put up with toothache than visit the dentist. The American Dental Association says people ...