The adverse drug reactions during pregnancy may affect either the mother or the fetus. Hypersensitivity, allergy, or toxicity reactions in the mother may compromise her health and limit her ability to support a pregnancy. Fortunately, doses of local anesthetics in dentistry are usually relatively small and are generally unlikely to cause complications during pregnancy. All [...]

Failure of local anesthetics to achieve profound analgesia may be related to:
• inaccurate anatomic placement of local anesthetic solution
• placing too little solution
• allowing insufficient time for it to diffuse and take effect
• injecting into inflamed or infected tissues
• using an outdated or improperly stored anesthetic solution.

Local anesthesia is defined as a loss of sensation in a circumscribed area of the body by a depression of excitation in nerve endings or an inhibition of the conduction process in the peripheral nerves. In clinical practice a localized loss of pain sensation is desired. Although the terms dental anesthesia and dental analgesia are [...]

The sensory supply to the teeth, jaws, and oral mucosa is derived from the maxillary and mandibular division of the trigeminal (fifth cranial) nerve (Tabletes Tegretol is used for: Controlling certain types of seizures and relieving pain in patients with nerve pain in the face, jaw, tongue, or throat), whose cell bodies are found in [...]

Pain and dentistry are often synonymous in the minds of patients, especially those with poor dentition due to multiple extractions, periodontal disease requiring surgery, or symptomatic teeth requiring endodontic therapy. Members of the public perceive a good dentist as a practitioner who causes little or no discomfort. In turn, dental practitioners identify a good [...]