AI Article Synopsis
- Effective local anesthesia is crucial in dentistry, enabling many procedures to be performed comfortably.
- Despite various effective anesthetics available, patients often experience anxiety and discomfort during injections.
- The article outlines four strategies to enhance local anesthesia delivery: adjusting temperature of anesthetic solutions, using vibration and distraction methods, liposomal encapsulation, and buffering the anesthetics.
Article Abstract
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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