Courier Journal reporter Stephanie Kuzydym reviewed legislation nationally and spoke with Kentucky legislators, as well as ...

Nitrous oxide is known as the chemical compound used in dental procedures to reduce pain. But the FDA is warning of its abuse ...

Dental hygienists in New York now can administer local infiltration anesthesia and nitrous oxide to patients while assisting dentists with all dental procedures, thanks to a bill that was recently ...

A Rochester man was arrested Friday after he was reportedly caught getting high on nitrous oxide at a northwest Rochester dental office he was tasked with cleaning. Rochester police were called around ...

Commercial burglary: Between 4:01 p.m. and 4:18 p.m., someone pried open a locked gate and then a locked metal container attached to a dental office in the 12000 block of Saratoga Avenue and stole two ...

Patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of myocardial infarction, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (February ...

This review paper examines (using systematic methodology) the evidence for the use of inhalation sedation (IHS) instead of dental general anaesthesia (DGA) for dental treatment. It finds that this is ...

My doctor says that tobacco would be a great drug if it weren’t for the way we come to care for it too much. It induces the perfect pairing of calm and alertness. A venerable philosophy professor, now ...