There are very few people who would consider having dental treatment without anesthesia. Preventive services and routine teeth cleanings aside, one of the top reasons why people avoid dental care is ...

Among teen-agers, nitrous oxide is a drug of choice for those who fill balloons with the gas and get high by inhaling it at all-night parties or rock concerts. But in a lawsuit being tried in ...

Getting out of the dentist's office in comfort used to be as hard to do as pulling teeth. Any significant dental work used to mean enduring a "block," or another of those medieval gum-numbing ...

IOWA CITY - More than 120 pediatric patients treated at the University of Iowa dental clinics between March 1 and April 20 might have received more nitrous oxide gas than intended, and the ...