Posted in wisdom teeth on Apr 7th, 2008
I wanted to take a second to discuss my dislike towards a website, blog, and forum that is awfully similar in structure to this website however is sending the exact opposite message. I am not going to link to them because I don’t want to help out their sites rating but the link is hxxp://www.goodbyewisdomteeth.com/ [...]
Posted in wisdom teeth on Mar 10th, 2008
Between October 6,1986 and September 17,1987, 11 patients underwent insertion of mandibular dental prostheses by the same oral surgeon. Three patients suffered cardiac arrest during surgery and subsequently died. Two of the patients who died had received general anaesthetics and the other had intravenous sedation given by three different anaesthetists. All three patients arrested suddenly, [...]
Posted in wisdom teeth on Mar 4th, 2008
Subcutaneous emphysema, surgical emphysema, or tissue space emphysema are different names for a similar condition, namely, the abnormal presence of air in tissue spaces Subcutaneous emphysema occurs rarely during dental procedures. When it does occur, it can be a frightening experience that often will be confused with an anaphylactic reaction.
Differentiating the two conditions is not [...]
Posted in wisdom teeth on Feb 2nd, 2008
Pulling more teeth than medically necessary from patients mouths, just to make money. That’s the allegation against a local oral surgeon whom News 3 Investigators first exposed a year ago. The state started investigating after her story, and now she tells us what the state says needs to be done to protect patients.
The State Board [...]
Posted in wisdom teeth on Jan 5th, 2008
This is from the Late Show with David Letterman on January 4th, 2008.
Sarah enjoyed the time to catch up on things like going to the dentist. She unfortunately learned that she had to get her wisdom teeth pulled.
She had no desire to be knocked out so she requested the gas. After a few doses, [...]
