Patients’ Perspective Regarding the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Dental Hygienist Dental hygienists have been safely administering local anesthesia for over 40 years. Washington state was the first state to allow dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia in 1971. Since then 44 … [Read more...] about Patients’ Perspective Regarding the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Dental Hygienist: Science Sunday
A Tale of Two Hygienists – Crest Oral B Bonus Episode 173 (Local and Topical Anesthetics in Dentistry with Tom Viola R.Ph)
For this bonus episode—powered by Crest+Oral B—we're happy to invite back Tom Viola, R.Ph who appeared in another bonus episode earlier this January. Tom Viola is a speaker, writer, consultant, and expert in the field of dental pharmacology. When it comes to the anesthetics that keep dental … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Hygienists – Crest Oral B Bonus Episode 173 (Local and Topical Anesthetics in Dentistry with Tom Viola R.Ph)
A Tale of Two Hygienists – Episode 139 (Pediatric and Intraosseous Local Anesthesia Techniques with Kathy Bassett, RDH!)
Interview begins - 7:20 Kathy Bassett, RDH, BSDH, MEd returns to the podcast! Today we talk about Local Anesthesia again but dive deeper into pediatrics and intra-osseous injections. Should we be putting every young patient on nitrous? What are the ramifications long term? Should we block for … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Hygienists – Episode 139 (Pediatric and Intraosseous Local Anesthesia Techniques with Kathy Bassett, RDH!)