Are there different kinds of anesthetics?
6th August 2010
Filed in Pain and Anesthesia
Question:
I had a hole that was made. As usual, I was stunning. After an hour I became dizzy and nauseated, it may be the anesthesia? Is it possible to get other anesthetics? I still have a lame area where anesthesia was established (it is 3 days ago) is this normal?
Jette
Answer:
Dear Jette,
Yes! It varies how we react to anesthesia. Next time you're at the dentist, so you may want a different kind of anesthesia than the one you got last
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Sincerely
Dentist Joan Olsen
Tandpleje.dk ™ - The road to healthier teeth
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What is anesthesia?
25th November 2009
Filed in Pain and Anesthesia
Question:
What is anesthesia?
Allan
Answer:
Dear Allan,
The word anesthesia has its origin from the Greek word narcosis, which means stunning. The scientific word for anesthesia is anesthesia, which also comes from a Greek word anaisthesia, meaning "no sense". Anaesthesiology is the study of anesthetic clay use. And doctors who have completed basic training and internships, may subsequently specialize in anesthesiology, a duration of 4 ½ years.
There are many forms of anesthesia. You can anesthetize locally delbedøvelse, which means that the patient is conscious, and only a part of the body is anesthetized. This experience, most of the dentist when the dentist numbs only a part of the mouth.
Another option is what we call general anesthetic or a general anesthetic, which means that the patient is unconscious during surgery. At a general anesthetic, the patient injected sleeping pills into a vein and then the patient within a very short time to fall asleep. A general anesthetic may also be given through a mask to the face, where the patient gets a bedøvegas.
General anesthetic for dental treatment can be given to virtually all patients, excluding patients with some specific chronic conditions such as asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases and in severe obesity.
There is often some risks and side effects of anesthesia, and the most common side effects are nausea and vomiting. Therefore, the patient must always fasting before anesthesia. The drugs you use today has reduced the extent of nausea and vomiting significantly, so that this only happens rarely.
In rare cases occurring deaths related to anesthesia, but then the reason most often be a combination of surgery, anesthesia and the patient's health condition. Statistically speaking, when you do not take into account the patient's health, and the action type, the overall mortality up to six days after stunning approx. 1 in 10,000. Have not other diseases, and not to undergo a major surgery, the risk is considerably less. Risks of an intervention by the dentist can for example be compared with the risks of open heart surgery.
Hope you can use my answer.
Sincerely
Dentist Joan Olsen
Tandpleje.dk ™ - The road to healthier teeth
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