Southland Children’s Dentistry has an experienced pediatric anesthesiologist on staff that administers intravenous (IV) sedation to patients who are fearful or extremely anxious about their dental visits. IV sedation is sometimes referred to as “sleepy dentistry” or “twilight dentistry”, and involves administering a dose of sedatives directly into the bloodstream through an IV. Prior to this, our pediatric anesthesiologist will administer nitrous oxide (laughing gas) or a small injection to quickly relax your child prior to getting his/her IV. This will immediately calm your fearful or anxious child, and they will not easily recollect anything this time. We do highly recommend informing your child’s dentist of any medication or medical treatments they are receiving prior to their procedure. Our pediatric anesthesiologist will discuss pre-op and post-op instructions with you in advance to give you time to ask any questions that you may have.
Meet Our Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Dr. Chamberlin is a Fellowship Trained, Triple Board-Certified Anesthesiologist with over 17 years of clinical anesthesia experience. She is proficient with Level 1 traumas, difficult airways, ENT/Craniofacial, Thoracic and complex congenital pediatric anesthesia techniques.
Dr. Chamberlin was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area and received her medical doctor degree in 2004 from the University of South Florida College of Medicine. She completed her Anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida in 2008 and completed her Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at The Nemours Children’s Hospital in 2009. She was awarded board certification in the specialty of Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology in 2009 and subsequently awarded the newly created subspecialty board certification in Pediatric Anesthesiology in 2014 when it became available. She also became board certified with the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons for Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology in 2016. She has been a Pediatric Anesthesiologist in the Tampa Bay Area since completing her fellowship and was the Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Tampa General Hospital before deciding to join Pediatric Dental Anesthesia Associates in 2022. Now her focus is on office based anesthesia to ensure that high-quality, safe and efficient sedation services are available to children in need of dental procedures.
