The pain and trauma associated with a dental procedure are generally a turn off for patients visiting a dentist. The sight of an injection or whirling drill in a dentist's hand keep most patients away from dentists and thus aggravating a seemingly minor complication in future. Anesthesia is the tool in the hand of a dentist to ease the pain associated with the dental procedure. Anesthesia is critical in any dental procedure.
It includes all the modalities like local anesthesia, sedation, and even general anesthesia. This article will describe the different modes of anesthesia and the anesthetics used in different dental procedures. There are different anesthetic procedure depending on the method and site of application as follows: Nerve block (Most common form of local dental anesthesia).It blocks the reception of pain in one region of the mouth at a time. Infiltration ( for minor…
