Devices for reducing Pain during local anesthesia

Park,  Wonse

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 56(1); 2018 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2018;56(1):58-65.
Published online January 31, 2018.

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연세대학교 치과대학 통합치의학과

Devices for reducing Pain during local anesthesia

Wonse Park

Department of Advanced General Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University

Abstract

Dental local anesthesia is important procedure for the elimination of pain during dental treatment. However, the pain during local anesthesia is one of the main source of fear to the patients. The cause of pain during dental local anesthesia includes soft tissue damage during penetration of the oral mucosa, pressure from the spread of the anesthetic solution, temperature of anesthetic solution, low pH of anesthetic solution, and the characteristics of the drug. Several concepts and devices introduced to date to reduce the pain during local anesthesia for dental treatment. In this report, devices that can reduce the pain during local anesthesia will be discussed.

Key Words: Fear;Local anesthesia;Pain;Computer Controlled Local Anesthetic Delivery (CCLAD);Vibrotactile device;Intraosseous Anesthesia;