Successful Local Anesthesia for Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics

No treatment goes well if the patient can still feel the tooth, and fear of pain is what most keeps patients away from the surgery. Reader, Nusstein, Drum and Fowler treat local anaesthesia as what it really is: the first procedure of the appointment and the one that conditions everything that follows. They review the anaesthetic agents and routes of administration available, with what may be expected of each and where each meets its limit, and dwell on pulpal anaesthesia and on the supplementary techniques that prove decisive when the conventional block does not respond. They include clinical guidance for the usual restorative procedures and for specific endodontic situations, supported by current research and technology.