I was sad to hear about the death of a 13 year old girl recently after she had a visit to the dentist. Marissa Kingery visited Dr. Henry Mazorow, an 80 year old dentist, who has been in practice since 1956, to remove two baby teeth and uncover an impacted tooth. The tentative cause of death is lack of oxygen to the brain following the administration of anesthesia.
Marissa died in early January 2011 after being on life support for nearly two weeks. She was an eighth grade honor student and her fellow classmates and staff recently held a vigil to remember her along with a moment of silence.
This occurred in Ohio.
In May of 2010 a six year old boy who died during a dentist visit.
For additional details visit http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2011/01/07/news/doc4d27207bd2d5d011029191.txt and http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2011/01/08/court-records-show-dentist-settled-wrongful-death-lawsuit-in-1997/
I wish someone would really monitor these dentists for anesthetic complications. Ideally they are better offering only local anesthesia.
That`s really sad and scary. Local anesthesia is the most you can offer for such a little girl.
This is a very sad story but most dentists take care when using anesthesia.
I know no amount of money can replace this girl. But, if the dentist is at fault he needs to be held accountable.