Dear Colleagues - I have so much to share with you regarding the current pandemic, but I cannot fit all my thoughts into a blog post. So I will be sponsoring a free CE Webinar next week: When: Wednesday May 27, 2020, at 530 pm Pacific Time (730 pm CDT) Topic: COVID-19 & Dentistry: What you Won't Learn from CNN... You must register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sOdpKGezQbOXq6IqXJfZCg After registering, you will receive a confirm

Hi, my name is Steve Yun, and I am a board-certified physician anesthesiologist who specializes in dental anesthesia. The majority of my professional time is spent in the dental office, where I personally provide dental anesthesia for young children, teens, and older adults. However, I also have a very busy schedule as a teacher and lecturer at various dental conferences and smaller dental groups. I really enjoy speaking about patient safety and dental anesthesia safety. Inde

I try to speak on patient safety at dental conferences whenever possible. I had the privilege of speaking at two recent conferences that were especially inspiring and educational. First, this past September, I lectured at Harvard’s Pediatric Sedation Outside the OR Symposium in San Francisco. My lecture was well received, and I enjoyed hearing the other speakers at the conference. In particular, I appreciated the insights of Dr. James Tom, DDS (Professor of Dental Anesthesiol

Hi, my name is Dr. Steve Yun, MD. I am a board-certified dental anesthesiologist in southern California. Last month I had the opportunity to tour Paisley Park, the former home and estate of Prince outside Minneapolis. It was an amazing experience, but also a somber reminder of how we lost a musical genius to the opioid epidemic. We have all read the statistics and headlines about the opioid crisis, but what should be our response as a dental community? First, we should m

Hi, my name is Dr. Steve Yun, MD. I am a board-certified dental anesthesiologist in southern California. Recently, I helped conduct a teaching session at the Simulation Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Using state of the art technology and “smart” patient mannequins, we are able to create realistic medical scenarios to help train dental professionals to manage rare but life-threatening emergencies in the dental office. Even though we are in a simulation environ

Hi, my name is Dr. Steve Yun, and I am a board-certified dental anesthesiologist in Southern California. Recently I took care of a young woman in her 20s who needed extensive dental rehabilitation. She had severe cerebral palsy, was very small for her age (height = 4 ft ; weight = 62 lbs), and was not able to cooperate with any dental procedure. Her mouth opening was extremely limited (less than 1.5 inches). She had a history of cleft palate/lip repair. In addition, the denti