For a long time, dental treatment has not been associated with unbearable pain. Today, most procedures, including surgical ones, do not bring any discomfort to the patient. This is made possible by a large selection of anesthetic agents. Moreover, anesthesia is an important thing not only for the patient, but also for the doctor. After all, if a person sits calmly in a chair, does not spin and does not flinch from the touch of a dental instrument, then it becomes much easier to work.
Today, dentists use several types of pain relief, depending on the nature and severity of the problem:
- Application. In some cases, such anesthesia is used as an auxiliary step before deeper anesthesia. The use of a special gel makes the injection and subsequent infiltration of the tissue with an anesthetic painless, which is extremely comfortable for the patient and relieves discomfort even before the doctor begins treatment. Typically, topical anesthesia is used for cleaning tartar, pulling out loose teeth, cosmetic procedures, etc. The most popular drug in this group is lidocaine, as well as all kinds of gels based on it
- Infiltration. injection anesthesia. The drug is injected into the periosteum, bone or soft tissue. Suitable for most simple surgical procedures. Literally “freezes” part of the jaw. The effect lasts for several hours;
- Conductive anesthesia. Deeper anesthesia affecting the nerves. It is advisable to use it when carrying out large-scale operations with a risk of damage to soft tissues;
- Stem. It is used for extensive traumatic operations on the tissues of the entire upper or lower jaw.
Sometimes doctors resort to complex methods, that is, a combination of two or more types of anesthesia. Sometimes this is done to avoid problems with individual intolerance to a particular drug by the patient.