Taking Local Anesthesia to the Next Level: Four Strategies Clinicians May Consider.

The importance of effective local anesthesia delivery in dentistry cannot be overstated, as many dental procedures could not be performed without it. Despite the availability to oral healthcare professionals of various successful local anesthetics, the administration of local anesthesia continues to provoke anxiety among dental patients and remains an often unpleasant experience. A number of techniques may be utilized to help mitigate injection pain and improve the patient experience. This article reviews four strategies clinicians may consider to increase the effectiveness of their delivery of local anesthesia: warming or cooling of local anesthetic solutions, vibration and distraction techniques, liposomal encapsulation, an buffering or alkalinization of dental local anesthetics.

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Mark Donaldson, Jason Goodchild. Taking Local Anesthesia to the Next Level: Four Strategies Clinicians May Consider. Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995). 2022 Jan;43(1):20-24; quiz 25

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