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Local anesthesia: a review
S F Malamed1, P Sykes, Y Kubota
1University of Southern California School of Dentistry.
Anesthesia & Pain Control in Dentistry
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Local anesthetics are the most widely administered drugs in dentistry. Significant advances have been made in past decades that have greatly increased both the safety and the efficacy of these important drugs. This paper reviews the history of local anesthesia, pharmacokinetics and clinical implications, techniques, complications, and future directions in the quest for more effective pain control in dentistry.