Were there any cases when a patient died at the dentist's appointment and why?

My German teacher died in a similar way. They did not have time to save. And before that she treated her teeth with the same doctor, and there were no problems. ****

My uncle is a dentist. He told the story of how he, as a student, attended the operation. The operation was exactly dental, but for some reason it was carried out under general anesthesia. I don't remember what exactly they cut out. The breathing tube, by mistake, was thrust into the esophagus, and the person suffocated.

Unfortunately, there are such cases. The pubmed website provides statistics of deaths from 3 to 6 per 1,000,000 patients. The most common reason is anaphylactic shock, that is, an immediate reaction of the body to the repeated administration of an allergen (an allergen is most often an anesthetic).

It is generally accepted that this happens only among "bad" doctors who work with low-quality drugs, but this not so: no dentist, unfortunately, is immune from such an accident. It doesn't matter how exactly the anesthetic is administered - one drop is enough for a reaction. Even if everything was ok the last time, when the same anesthesia is administered to the same person, AS may occur in the same way.

All doctors (both dentists and doctors of other specializations) are trained at the institute and are ready for such situations ... In every dentist's office there is an emergency resuscitation kit (if not, the clinic will not pass the check). So why do people keep dying and what to do?

ASh is the most unpredictable and fast reaction of the body. If it begins to develop within a few minutes (a person becomes ill, edema appears, and so on), the doctor begins to act: takes out a first-aid kit, measures the pressure, identifies the situation (after all, you still need to distinguish AS from other reactions and understand which drug to inject!), Begins drug injection. At this time, the intensive care unit goes to the clinic. The person is saved.

But there are cases when ASh develops instantly, in slang this type of reaction is called "death at the tip of the needle": anesthesia has not stopped being administered, but the person has already stopped breathing and a further chain is started. The count goes on for minutes and even in the case of absolutely correct resuscitation actions, the patient can not be saved.

If you have never done anesthesia, or have done a very long time ago. If you have had an allergic reaction to an anesthetic, or you are allergic, the only way to protect yourself is to do an allergic test. It is performed ONLY by an allergist.