Six-year-old Caleb Sears went to have a tooth pulled two years ago. He was sedated and never woke up. “Once we had the information about his brain and consulted with neurologists, we realized that we ...

Developing a temporomandibular disorder (TMD) in childhood and beyond may be attributed to certain elements of dental care performed under general anesthesia, as well as biopsychosocial factors, ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Office Anesthesia is excited to announce a nationwide initiative in collaboration with celebrities, healthcare leaders and philanthropists to ...

Spurred to action by the death last year of a 6-year-old boy under dental anesthesia, the Dental Board of California has proposed strict new recommendations for pediatric sedation and anesthesia. If ...

As you might expect of most any six-year-old, Caleb Sears was afraid on the March, 2015 day his mom and dad took him to the dentist. “I was scared too,” said his mother, Eliza. “Any time you you send ...

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 ...