Orr Daniel L II DDS Ph. D. Jd MD

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Las Vegas Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Anesthesiology for Dentistry and Dental Implants

Established in 1979, Dr. Daniel L. Orr II practices via Nevada Dental Specialty License S2-12:
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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.

American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
American Board of Legal Medicine
American College of Legal Medicine
American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
American College of Dentists

Daniel L. Orr II, DDS, PhD, JD, MD
Medical Education Building, 2040 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 201