Recent advancement of local anasthesia advancement to recent advancement of local anaesthesia administration Baskran Rinieshah Nair R.1,*, Dr. Pradeep Solete2,** 1Fundamentals of Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai-600077 2Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai-600077 *Corresponding Author E-mail: rinieshah@yahoo.co.uk
**pandu.pradeep@gmail.com
Online published on 2 March, 2017. Abstract Patients experience pain during local anaesthetic injection. To overcome this, many newer innovations in drug delivery systems have been devised to improve the patients experience at the dentist and thereby provide the dentist with a more cooperative patient, resulting in optimized dental care. This article provides an update on the most recently introduced new technologies used to deliver local anaesthetics. The successful use of local anaesthetic solutions and their diligent administration have helped patients overcome their fears and displeasure towards dentistry. Top Keywords Local Anaesthesia, Pain, Transdermal Patch, Dentipatch, Iontophoresis, Computer Controlled Delivery, Emla, Wand. Top |