Anesthesia Care: Strategies for Preventing Dental Injuries

Tooth damage, the most common injury related to surgical intubation, accounts for nearly 22 percent of anesthesiology claims, according to The Doctors Company Anesthesiology Closed Claims Study. This percentage, which has essentially stayed the same over the past 14 years, is particularly troubling—especially considering the efforts over the past 10 years to make intubation safer, improve intubation and airway devices, and refine anesthesia protocols.

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