Providing the absolute safest and highest quality anesthesia experience available.
Dr. Geoffrey Bean, DDS
About Dr. Geoffrey Bean, DDS
Dr. Geoffrey Bean, Anesthesiologist, is a thoroughbred Washingtonian.
He attended dental school at the University of Washington followed by dental anesthesia training at Loma Linda University where he serendipitously met and married his wife. After graduating, they moved back to Washington to put down some roots and raise their family. They have been blessed with 2 girls and a boy. Dr. Bean is a board-certified dentist anesthesiologist, diplomat of the American Society of Dental Anesthesiology and an AHA accredited Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor. He has current certifications in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and BLS. In addition, Dr. Bean is an affiliate faculty at the University of Washington.
Dr. Bean’s focus has been providing the absolute safest and highest quality anesthesia experience available and has been fortunate to work with some of the best dentists in Washington as well. In addition to PNW Dental Anesthesia Services, Dr. Bean helped found Green Leaf Dental (if you live in the Seattle area you should look them up!). Green Leaf Dental is a true family practice with the facilities and expertise to offer comprehensive dental care to patients with unique medical conditions that necessitate the use of sedation or general anesthesia to treat.
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“Work to play” has been Dr. Bean’s philosophy and on the weekends he enjoys skiing, reading, travelling, anything on the water, and spending time with his family.
FAQ
Questions frequently asked by parents about anesthesia.
Is it safe?
Yes. General anesthesia wouldn’t be a modality of treatment if the dental/medical communities believed otherwise. In dental anesthesia, safety correlates directly with patient health; the healthier the patient, the safer the anesthetic. Healthy patients undergoing general anesthesia for dental work have nearly the lowest risk of any surgical procedure.
What’s wake-up like?
We will bring you back into recovery 15–20 minutes before your child wakes up, ensuring you’re the first person they see when they come around. Occasionally, we see a fussy kiddo and it’s most often attributed to the unusual and icky feelings they are experiencing (and not due to pain). Your child will be a bit wobbly and sleepy afterwards but as soon as they can respond to verbal commands, they are ready to go home!
What do I use?
The overwhelming majority of kids in the US are put to sleep using a gas called sevoflurane which is what we utilize. It typically takes 30–60 seconds for the medicine to work. Special considerations for larger or more combative children can be made.
How will I wake them up?
Modern general anesthetics are short-acting, which means that when we are finishing up I simply taper off the anesthetic and they wake up on their own within 30 minutes.
How do I monitor the patients?
We use the some of the highest quality and up-to-date anesthesia equipment available which help us continually monitor the heart rate (EKG), oxygen levels of the blood (pulse oximetry), blood pressure (BP), body temperature, exhaled carbon dioxide (Et CO2), airway pressure and volume of each breath (tidal volume). These exceed the required monitors from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
Can I be in the room with my child?
You are welcomed and even encouraged to be in the room with your child until they are asleep. Once your child is fast asleep, we ask that you leave the room.
Will my child have a breathing tube or IV and, if so, why?
IVs and breathing tubes are considered the standard of care for delivering general anesthesia. They enable us to monitor and control vitals as well as aspects of breathing. There are instances when a breathing tube or IV aren’t indicated.