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    • Dental Anesthesiology
    • Pain Management in Dentistry

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    • Dentistry uniquely performs high-volume surgery on conscious patients, unlike other surgical specialties.
    • Local anesthesia (LA) blocks nociceptive pain but addresses only one aspect of the patient's pain experience.
    • The inferior dental block is the current standard for mandibular dental LA, despite significant limitations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To highlight the shortcomings of traditional inferior dental blocks.
    • To advocate for the adoption of modern, safer local anesthetic practices in dentistry.
    • To discuss the benefits of infiltration techniques in dental anesthesia.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of current dental anesthesia practices and their efficacy.
    • Analysis of patient fear triggers related to dental injections.
    • Examination of the success rates and complications associated with inferior dental blocks.

    Main Results:

    • Inferior dental blocks demonstrate highly variable and often inadequate success rates for pulpal anesthesia (19%–69%).
    • Block injections carry risks of systemic and local complications, including nerve injury, increased medical risks, and patient discomfort.
    • Fear of deep injections is a primary driver of dental anxiety and phobia.

    Conclusions:

    • Traditional inferior dental blocks are inefficient and associated with significant risks and patient apprehension.
    • Infiltration techniques, while lacking extensive evidence, are gaining traction in implant and specialty dentistry.
    • A shift towards modern local anesthetic practices, such as infiltration, is necessary for safer and more effective dental care.