/oss/taxonomy/term/4478/all en /oss/article/medical-contributors/hey-doc-im-hard-freeze <p>Let’s face it, dentistry is not an easy job. Besides the clinical knowledge and expertise required, managing patients' fear is an essential part of being a good dentist. Anticipation of pain during dental procedures, whether based on past experience or related stories is perhaps the most common fear for patients. And while one can appreciate this prior to the introduction of local anesthetics (LA), today the vast majority of treatments should be painless.</p> Fri, 03 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Mark Grossman BSc, DDS, Contributor 9936 at /oss /oss/article/health-general-science/knocked-out-put-under-anesthetized-and-sedated-different-types-anesthesia <p>If you’ve read <a href="/oss/article/health-general-science/why-am-i-allowed-drink-clear-fluids-surgery-not-eat">the article I wrote</a> about why patients are allowed to drink clear fluids but not eat before surgery you’ll know that I recently had surgery to repair the ACL and meniscus in my left knee. I was given instructions to stop eating at midnight the evening before surgery so that my stomach would be empty come the morning. This was to reduce the risk that I would regurgitate food from my stomach into my trachea and choke once I was “put to sleep”.</p> Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:42:05 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8223 at /oss