NEW YORK, NY — The ideal sedative for oral surgery should make the patient comfortable during the surgery and should wear off quickly enough that the patient can leave the dental chair soon after the procedure. Finding the best plan of anesthetic treatment is essential to the success of dental procedures such as the extraction of wisdom teeth, according to a Dental Tribune report, which cites a study in the journal Anesthesia Progress. The study compares two drug combinations for use as deep sedation during oral surgery.

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