Pain management is also of paramount
importance to enable patient comfort which, in turn, results in patient compliance and satisfaction with the ongoing dental
therapy.
The pain experienced by a patient is experienced at three junctures, i.e., during skin puncture with needle,
during local anesthetic deposition, and with the acidic pH of the local anesthetic solution which causes local irritation.
Numerous attempts have been made to diminish this anesthesia-associated pain, such as using anesthetic solution patches, chemically modifying anesthetic agents, adding buffering agents, or changing
the temperature of anesthesia during administration.
7 DENTAL ANESTHESIA BOOKS that every specialist must read. The following list of Dental Anesthesia books includes literature published since 2000. Professionals in this specialty have to read this collection of books.
In this Dental Minute video, Dr. Cutbirth shows you how to give a painless dental injection as well as how to numb different areas of the mouth.