What's the maximum recommended dose for lidocaine or mepivacaine during dental procedures? The answer remains unclear as guidelines published by dental organizations differ from those of manufacturers ...

Can you guess which states in the U.S. still do not allow dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia? Chances are, your hunch was right: States in the traditionally conservative south -- Alabama ...

A topical mucoadhesive tablet containing the antidepressant amitriptyline significantly reduced pain from needle pricks in a small, randomized controlled clinical trial. The researchers said the ...

This book is written by Demetra Daskalos Logothetis and published by Elsevier. It costs around £52.19 (see www.elsevierhealth.co.uk) (ISBN 9780323396332). This book was such an interesting and easy ...

As my dentist loomed above me with a gigantic syringe full of anesthetic, it didn’t seem like the right time to ask what precisely he was injecting into my gums. But that last trip to the dentist for ...

BRADENTON, Fla., May 8-- State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (formerly the Manatee Community College) issued the following news release: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) Dental ...

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved KOVANAZE, the first nasal-administered dental anesthetic. 1. KOVANAZE is the first product developed by the Fort Collins, Colo.-based company St.