Precooling agents: A boon to local anesthetics
International Journal of Development Research
Precooling agents: A boon to local anesthetics
Received 24th August 2017; Received in revised form 10th September, 2017; Accepted 17th October, 2017; Published online 30th November, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Dr. Nikita Sharma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Early childhood experiences with painful injections may lead to anxiety and fear. The fear of pain attributed to anesthetic needle injections is cited as an obstacle in providing appropriate dental care. These reactions need not develop if steps are taken to reduce the pain associated with injections. This review presents recent findings regarding different treatment strategies such as applying pre-cooling agents, topical anesthetics, vibrating applying pressure to the injection site and using a mechanical delivery system. Cryoanesthesia has been reported to be promising to lessen the pain of the injection.
