What is local anaesthesia? In what type of conditions is local anaesthesia used? Let’s find out. During surgical or non-surgical procedures, regional numbness is required for patients not to feel pain. For this purpose, local anaesthetics are administered by means of numbing injections. Local anaesthetics include Novocain and Lidocaine. Depending on the type and extent of the anaesthetic substance administered, patients experience sensation loss. By this temporary loss of sensation, patients can undergo procedures comfortably without pain. Local anesthesia in dentistry can be given as either infiltration or block anesthesia. Generally, infiltration anesthesia is commonly used in the maxilla, whereas block anesthesia is frequently used in the mandible. In addition, there are supplemental local anesthesia techniques that can be utilized when infiltration and block methods have failed to achieve profound anesthesia. Supplemental techniques include intraligamentary, intraosseous, intrapulpal, and interseptal anesthesia.
Local Anaesthesia
Local anaesthesia is an anaesthesia administered to numb only a certain area in patients. Novocain and Lidocaine are widely used as local anaesthetics. Process is also called numbing injections. As with general anaesthesia, patients do not lose general sensation and consciousness. In local procedures, it is applied only for loss of sensation in the relevant area. When local anaesthesia is applied, patients are conscious and numbness is provided only in the area to be treated. This procedure is applied in the treatment of dental caries, tooth extraction and minor surgical interventions. In oral and dental treatments, especially local anaesthesia is applied.
What are the types of Local Anaesthesia? How is it performed?
Local anaesthesia is divided into two different types. These are topical anaesthesia and infiltration. The difference between both applications is as follows:
- Topical Anaesthesia. It is a local anaesthesia type applied to skin surface and thus numbing the area. It is applied to the relevant area by rubbing, spraying or dripping. It is a type of anaesthesia frequently used in dental treatments.
- Infiltration. It is a type of local anaesthesia that is injected into the tissue with the help of a needle and penetrates the tissue in this way. Novocain and Lidocaine are widely used as local anaesthetics.
Local anaesthesia is applied by a dental specialist in dental treatments when necessary. Such applications must be performed under the control of a dentist. Under normal conditions, it is not an application that can be used to relieve the feeling of pain in the body.
How Long does the Effect of Local Anaesthesia Last?
It takes 15 minutes after the application of local anaesthesia to show its effect in the region. The duration of effect of local anaesthesia varies according to the type of anaesthesia applied and the amount of anaesthesia. After the necessary controls, your dentist will decide on the appropriate dose and the type of anaesthesia to be applied. Afterwards, anaesthesia are applied successfully.
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