Landes D P
Department of Public Health, County Durham and Darlington Health Authority.
Br Dent J. 2002 Feb 9;192(3):129-31. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801313.
31 December 2001 was the final day on which a general anaesthetic could be given in a dental practice in UK. Henceforth all dental treatment requiring a general anaesthetic will have to take place in a hospital setting, which has immediate access to critical care facilities. This will mark the end of the association between dental practice and general anaesthesia which dates back to the very first recorded clinical procedure performed under general anaesthesia, when in 1844, Horace Wells an American dentist, had a tooth removed by his assistant using nitrous oxide in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
2001年12月31日是英国牙科诊所能够实施全身麻醉的最后一天。此后，所有需要全身麻醉的牙科治疗都必须在医院环境中进行，医院要能立即提供重症监护设施。这将标志着可追溯到有记录以来首次在全身麻醉下进行的临床手术的牙科诊所与全身麻醉之间关联的结束，1844年，美国牙医霍勒斯·韦尔斯在美国康涅狄格州哈特福德让他的助手使用一氧化二氮为他拔除了一颗牙齿。
