 Established
in 1979, Dr. Daniel L. Orr II practices via Nevada Dental
Specialty License S2-12:
Oral & Maxillofacial
Surgery
and
Anesthesiology for Dentistry.
Medical Education Building
2040 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 201
Las Vegas, NV 89102-2287
702-383-3711
We provide a friendly and courteous atmosphere, have had
a successful Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Anesthesiology
for Dentistry practice
for over 25 years, and enjoy providing Las Vegas Oral Surgery to you.
We accept referrals from both health professionals and individual
patients, including self-referral.
Please take a few minutes to explore our web site and find
out more about our practice.
Historical context of the link between Anesthesiology and
Dentistry:
 St.
Apollonia, the patron saint of dentistry,
lived in Alexandria, Egypt, in the third century, where
Christians were being persecuted during the reign of Emperor
Philip. In 249, Apollonia was arrested and the pagans
tortured her, trying to force Apollonia to give up her faith.
First, Apollonia's teeth were broken or avulsed and her
facial bones were fractured. Apollonia was then told that
if she did not deny her belief, she would be burned alive. Apollonia intentionally leapt into the flames as a voluntary
martyr. Catholics now invoke Apollonia's name to aid
with the insidious pain of toothaches. Sadly, for some patients,
the fear dental treatment is only overcome when actual tooth or facial pain is unremittingly
severe.
 Before
the optimization of dental anesthesia, surgical techniques,
and the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century, untreated
dental disease often lead to serious morbidity, even death,
from infections.
 
Pierre
Fauchard 1678-1761, (left), is recognized as
the Father of Dentistry.
G.V.
Black 1836-1915, (right) is known as the Father
of American Dentistry.
 16
October 1846 the first successful public demonstration of
general anesthesia was given by a dentist,
William Thomas Green Morton. Patient
Edward Gilbert Abbot had a maxillofacial tumor removed
at Massachusetts General Hospital in the "Ether Dome,"
now designated a
National Historic Site.
 Practicing
even
earlier than Morton, dentist Horace
Wells was recognized not only by the ADA and
AMA as the first individual
to utilize and promote general anesthesia (1844) but was deemed "due
all honor for having discovered the use of gases whereby operations
could be performed without pain" (Paris Medical
Society, 1848) in the worldwide forum.
 General
Anesthesia, the use of which was pioneered by dentists for
use in dental procedures,
is now supplemented or even replaced by local anesthesia in
most dental offices. The first local anesthetic used in dentistry
was cocaine, introduced in 1884 by
Carl Koller.
The need for a non-addictive local anesthetic
substitute for cocaine was seen, and Novocain was introduced
in 1905. Although many patients assume Novocain is still used
as a local anesthetic, it has been almost entirely
replaced by other local anesthetic solutions since the 1940's.
Dr. Orr, by completing
residency training
in both Anesthesiology and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, is uniquely qualified to safely minimize discomfort
during dental treatment such as removal of non functional
teeth, biopsies, placement of implants, and cyst, tumor, or
trauma surgery.
Dr. Orr is a member of the:
Daniel L. Orr
II, DDS, PhD, JD, MD
Medical
Education Building, 2040 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 201
Las
Vegas, NV 89102-2287
702-383-3711
Services via
NV Dental specialty license S2-12
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