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L.A. Dental Anesthesia Premier Los Angeles Dental Anesthesia and IV Sedation
We can provide anesthesia for dental offices all over Southern California

Nobody warned me the trunk would be a compliance problem.When your practice is mobile,your car stops being transportatio...
09/11/2026

Nobody warned me the trunk would be a compliance problem.

When your practice is mobile,
your car stops being transportation
and becomes part of the operation.

How is equipment secured?
What temperature does it hit in August?
What's the plan when the car's in the shop?
What does your auto policy say about business equipment and medications?

And the one that startles people:
what happens if it gets broken into?

None of it is difficult.
All of it is unfamiliar.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

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There's a permit for this.Separate from your medical license.Issued by a board you may never have contacted.Required in ...
09/08/2026

There's a permit for this.

Separate from your medical license.
Issued by a board you may never have contacted.
Required in many states.

Most anesthesiologists have never heard of it.

The problem isn't difficulty — it's lead time.
People plan around equipment and referrals, then discover a
permitting process measured in months.

The plan doesn't fail. It just slips two quarters.

Find out what your state requires before you buy anything.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

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"What does it cost to get started?"It's not one number. It's eight.Monitors.Delivery setup.Airway equipment.Emergency ki...
09/04/2026

"What does it cost to get started?"

It's not one number. It's eight.

Monitors.
Delivery setup.
Airway equipment.
Emergency kit.
Drug inventory + wholesaler account.
Disposables.
Transport cases.
Vehicle setup.

Wide range within every line.
Some can wait until month twelve. Some can't wait until case one.

Knowing which is which is most of the skill.

Nobody gets surprised by the big-ticket items.
They get surprised by the weight of the small ones.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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Your hospital malpractice policy does not follow you.The second you give an anesthetic in a dental office,you're on your...
09/01/2026

Your hospital malpractice policy does not follow you.

The second you give an anesthetic in a dental office,
you're on your own policy — or on none.

Three things people underestimate:

Not every carrier writes office-based dental anesthesia.
Limits and requirements differ.
Tail coverage costs more than expected — and gets found last.

I've watched physicians plan the whole transition
and hit this wall weeks before case one.

Completely solvable.
Not solvable in three weeks.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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The most common wrong assumption:"They'll have oxygen."Some offices do.Some have a cylinder nobody's checked in years.So...
08/28/2026

The most common wrong assumption:
"They'll have oxygen."

Some offices do.
Some have a cylinder nobody's checked in years.
Some have none — nothing about routine dentistry required it.

A phone call won't tell you which.
"Do you have oxygen?" gets a confident yes
from someone not thinking about volume or regulators.

Assume there is none until you've personally looked at it.

Small thing that becomes a very large thing exactly once.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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Which board actually governs you in a dental office?In the hospital it never comes up.Medical license, medical staff, do...
08/25/2026

Which board actually governs you in a dental office?

In the hospital it never comes up.
Medical license, medical staff, done.

In a dental office it depends on your state.
Dental board. Medical board. Sometimes both.
And they don't always define things the same way.

Most anesthesiologists assume their medical license covers it.
Some are right.

Call both boards. Ask directly. Get it in writing.
It's a free phone call.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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Day one in a dental office. What's waiting for you:A dental chair.An overhead light.Suction.Power.Sometimes oxygen.That'...
08/21/2026

Day one in a dental office. What's waiting for you:

A dental chair.
An overhead light.
Suction.
Power.
Sometimes oxygen.

That's the list.

Everything else arrives with you.
Monitors. Delivery setup. Airway. Drugs. Disposables. Emergency kit.

Whatever you forgot, you're driving back for.

In a hospital you never notice how much is simply there.

Walk the room before you agree to work there. Every time.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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In a hospital, a whole building does compliance for you.Credentialing office.Compliance department.Facility licensing.Ph...
08/18/2026

In a hospital, a whole building does compliance for you.

Credentialing office.
Compliance department.
Facility licensing.
Pharmacy.
Biomed.
Legal.

In a dental office, that list looks different:

You.
You.
You.
You.
You.
You.

The anesthetic is the part you already know.
It's the other nine-tenths nobody trained you for.

—
Amir Rad, MD
Board-certified anesthesiologist
Founder, LA Dental Anesthesia

Free preview · Sun, Dec 6 · 9 AM PT
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Thank you  for trusting me with anesthesia management of his patients :) blessed to be working with the BEST!
08/26/2022

Thank you for trusting me with anesthesia management of his patients :) blessed to be working with the BEST!

Thank you Dr. Jivraj and Anacapa dental for trusting me with their patients . I have had the privilege of working with D...
08/19/2022

Thank you Dr. Jivraj and Anacapa dental for trusting me with their patients . I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Jivraj on tens of surgeries. His work ethics, attention to details and surgical skills are exemplary in the field.

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16661 Ventura Boulevard Suite 707
Encino, CA
91436

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday 8:30am - 6pm
Sunday 8:30am - 6pm

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