A new study has found that use of local anesthetic in dental surgery may affect tooth cell growth and the development of child's teeth. The study comes at a time when more children than ever before are subjected to dental surgery and local anesthetic, because of tooth decay or the other orthodontic conditions. Using pig teeth and human young permanent tooth pulp cells, the research has identified that local anesthetics commonly used in clinics can affect the proliferation of tooth cells.
It is the first time that evidence has been found to suggest that local anesthetic could affect tooth cell growth and potentially impact upon tooth development. According to the researchers, dental treatment involves more frequent use of local anesthetic than any other clinical area. Although the maximum dosage of various local anesthetics is established, their side effects on dental tissue have until…
