Surgeon whose patient died after routine tooth extraction is fighting to keep his license

Attorney Michael Pasternak, who represents Miller's widow, told WOIO, "He had every risk factor that you could imagine walking in, in terms of giving general anesthesia." The post Surgeon whose ...
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Local anesthesia may be linked to woman's tongue paralysis

A 64-year-old woman in Tennessee experienced tongue paralysis, which affected her ability to talk, following the administration of local infiltration anesthesia for a dental restoration procedure. The ...

Examiner recommends suspending oral surgeon’s license after patient died during tooth extraction

A hearing examiner has recommended suspending the license of a prominent Ohio oral surgeon after a patient died in his dental ...
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Coroner says Grove City dental patient who died while under anesthesia had heart disease

The Franklin County Coroner says the 61-year-old man who died during a dental procedure in Grove City in February had heart disease and a condition that could cause sudden irregular heart activity.
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Mitigating anxiety before 3rd-molar surgery

Telling patients what they can expect before a third-molar extraction procedure may help reduce their dental anxiety and postoperative pain, according to a study published on November 1 in the Journal ...