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| Although access to dental care is still an issue, no patient should find it impossible to receive needed dental care because of pain, fear and anxiety. Many levels of anesthetic intervention can be provided by appropriately trained dentists. Available techniques include local anesthesia, nitrous oxide/oxygen analgesia, oral sedation, intravenous conscious sedation, and general anesthesia administered in the office, a surgical center, or a hospital. The challenge for every dentist is to formulate an anesthetic treatment plan to suit each patient’s need. When dentists are consistently able to do this, patients will no longer have to fear dental treatment and our success as doctors and humanitarians will be elevated to a new, higher level. |
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