In dentistry, local anesthesia is a safe and effective way of managing acute and chronic pain. It can be administered as either local infiltration or block anesthesia. In the maxilla, infiltration anesthesia is the most commonly used technique, whereas block anesthesia is more frequently used in the mandible. Local anesthetic agents work by reversibly binding to sodium channels.
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