Comments on: A 5-year old dies after a routine dental procedure http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/5-year-old-dies-after-routine-dental.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/5-year-old-dies-after-routine-dental.html/comment-page-1#comment-70194 Anonymous Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-5-year-old-dies-after-a-routine-dental-procedure.html#comment-70194 Children also are sedated for mri scans but Now can get a upright mri scan sitting on thir Mothers lap watching TV without sedation Children also are sedated for mri scans but Now can get a upright mri scan sitting on thir Mothers lap watching TV without sedation

]]> By: NoAcuteDistress http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/5-year-old-dies-after-routine-dental.html/comment-page-1#comment-67470 NoAcuteDistress Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-5-year-old-dies-after-a-routine-dental-procedure.html#comment-67470 60 Minutes did a special some years ago on deaths in an oral surgeon's office. This kind of tragedy is not unknown, and wholly avoidable.<br/><br/>I'm always flabergasted by patients who upon engaging in a discussion of informed consent for a surgical procedure are often paralyzed by the thought of undergoing general anesthesia, but speak cavalierly about being "put to sleep" in a dental office as though it were as inconsequential as getting a cavity filled. 60 Minutes did a special some years ago on deaths in an oral surgeon’s office. This kind of tragedy is not unknown, and wholly avoidable.

I’m always flabergasted by patients who upon engaging in a discussion of informed consent for a surgical procedure are often paralyzed by the thought of undergoing general anesthesia, but speak cavalierly about being “put to sleep” in a dental office as though it were as inconsequential as getting a cavity filled.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/5-year-old-dies-after-routine-dental.html/comment-page-1#comment-67463 anonymous Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-5-year-old-dies-after-a-routine-dental-procedure.html#comment-67463 This is not the first pediatric dentistry death I am aware of. A mixture of oral and IV sedation with some nitrous in this five year old may well have been too much. If my child had to have these procedures done, it would be done in a hospital setting with an anethesiologist. This is not the first pediatric dentistry death I am aware of. A mixture of oral and IV sedation with some nitrous in this five year old may well have been too much. If my child had to have these procedures done, it would be done in a hospital setting with an anethesiologist.

]]> By: NocturnalDoc http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/5-year-old-dies-after-routine-dental.html/comment-page-1#comment-67456 NocturnalDoc Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-5-year-old-dies-after-a-routine-dental-procedure.html#comment-67456 A five-year-old with that many cavities and a need for caps? A five-year-old with that many cavities and a need for caps?

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