New Details Emerge About 9-Year-Old Girl Who Died After Being Placed Under Anesthesia for Dental Procedure

Silvanna Moreno’s cause of death is pending but is under police investigation, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office

  • Silvanna Moreno died hours after she underwent anesthesia for a dental procedure in California, officials said.
  • “Family checked on her throughout the day to later find her unresponsive in bed and called 911 for emergency services assistance,” the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said, noting she later died at a hospital
  • The third grader “was the sunshine in every room she entered, always greeting staff and classmates with a big smile and an even bigger hug,” a GoFundMe organizer wrote

Authorities have released new details about a 9-year-old girl who died after undergoing anesthesia for a dental procedure .

Silvanna Moreno, a Southern California third-grader, died hours after the procedure, which was performed under anesthesia at Dreamtime Dentistry in Vista on March 18, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office .

“She was the sunshine in every room she entered, always greeting staff and classmates with a big smile and an even bigger hug,” a GoFundMe organizer wrote of the Sherman Elementary School student. “Her friends describe her as kind, caring, and always happy, a true friend to everyone she met.”…

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