The efficacy of an intraosseous injection system of delivering local anesthetic
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The Stabident System of dental anesthesia appears to achieve quick results with small amounts of pain-numbing medication. The Stabident System is a new anesthetic delivery system for dentistry. The makers of the system claim that intraosseous injection numbs teeth instantly without affecting the lips and tongue. An injection occurs directly into the bone of the tooth after making a small hole. The kit contains a perforator and an injector needle. Some anesthetic is injected into the gums, followed by the drilling of a hole into the bone some distance away from the tooth targeted for extraction. The remaining anesthetic is injected into the bored hole. Two groups of patients who had tooth extractions were treated with the Stabident System and their reactions were evaluated. Normally 3-3.5 minutes elapsed before pulling could begin. Additionally, only one cartridge of anesthetic was used. While there were some technical difficulties including problems finding the drilled hole, the overall benefits of the intraosseous injection outweighed its initial limitations.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1995
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Counteracting the bitter taste of local anesthetic
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A dentist keeps a syringe filled with purple grape juice on his tray in case he spills local anesthetic inside the patient?s mouth. If so, he asks the patient if he or she is allergic to grapes or raisins, and if not, he injects a small amount of the juice into the patient?s mouth. The sweet taste is familiar to patients and counteracts the bitter taste of the anesthetic.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2001
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Techniques for reducing anesthetic injection pain: An interdisciplinary survey of knowledge and application
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A study that considered family physicians' and dentists' knowledge and application of techniques to reduce pain associated with anesthetic injections is presented. Practitioners' discomfort with patients' injection pain and needle anxiety/phobia are assessed.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2004
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