dental anesthesia
Tooth pain blocker
Dental anesthesia is the use of drugs to block pain during dental procedures.
Local anesthesia numbs a specific area of the mouth—a tooth, a section of gum—while the patient remains conscious.
General anesthesia, less common, renders the patient unconscious for extensive oral surgery.
The dentist administered dental anesthesia before extracting the wisdom tooth.
- syringeMedical injection tool
- lidocaineTopical numbing medication
- mouthOral opening
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- nerve blockInjection numbing specific area
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- anesthesiaanesthesiologist, sedation, epidural, anesthetic, propofol
- dental anesthesialocal anesthetic, sedation, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, lidocaine
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