Anaesthesia

Clinical Research

Research within the discipline of anaesthesia encompasses a broad range of interests related to pain control in dentistry, specifically looking at analgesia, sedation and anaesthesia. Research projects which have been conducted include the following:

• Development of an orofacial model of inflammation.
• Efficacy of oral midazolam for sedation in paediatric dental patients.
• Efficacy of pre-operative rofecoxib for analgesia
• Efficacy of topical anaesthesia.
• Local anaesthetic efficacy.
• Mechanisms of orofacial inflammation.
• Mortality and morbidity in anaesthesia.
• Need and demand for sedation and anaesthesia in Canada; a national survey.
• Nitrous oxide's effect on pain from local anaesthetic injections.
• Occupational risk to dental anaesthetists of acquiring blood-borne pathogens.
• Pain from the 3 major mandibular block injections.
• Remifentanil as an anaesthetic adjunct.
• Retrospective study of paraesthesia following local anaesthesia in dentistry.
• Survey of local anaesthetic use in dentistry.

Graduate Specialty Programs

Extensive training is provided in the clinical application of anaesthesia as it relates to dental treatment. Individual instruction in anaesthetic techniques for dental care is provided within the Faculty's outpatient anaesthetic suite. A wide range of anaesthetic techniques is utilized, including conscious sedation, deep sedation and general anaesthesia.

A large portion of the resident's clinical anaesthesia training is provided through hospital rotations. This extended clinical program is provided at both the adult care (eight months) and paediatric (six months) teaching hospitals affiliated with The University of Toronto. Two months are also spent in medicine rotations in affiliated hospitals.

Course work includes: anatomy, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, seminars in oral biology, clinical conferences, weekly in-service rounds, a weekly journal review course, seminars in anaesthesia for dental procedures, and seminars in anaesthesia for medical procedures (in conjunction with Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia).

Faculty Profiles

• Haas, Daniel A.
• Tang, Michelle
• Young, Earle R.