Dental Anesthesiology

Dental Anesthesiology (or dental anesthesiology) is the specialty of dentistry that deals with the management of pain through the use of advanced local and general anesthesia techniques.

A dentist anesthesiologist is a dentist who has successfully completed an accredited postdoctoral anesthesiology residency training program for dentists of three or more years duration, in accord with Commission on Dental Accreditation’s Standards for Dental Anesthesiology Residency Programs, and/or meets the eligibility requirements for examination by the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology.