Topical Anesthetics and Reversal Agents

Abstract

Topical anaesthesia is important to optimize pain control during dental injection. Despite the continuous development of new dental injection techniques, the injection of local anaesthesia still causes discomfort and pain for many patients and has been described as a major reason for dental anxiety. Topical anaesthesia should therefore be used to eliminate or minimize the pain caused by the needle. The methods used today for topical anaesthesia before dental injections mainly include different types of gel (e.g. lidocaine, prilocaine or benzocaine) available at various composition. In order to give our patients, the finest treatment possible at all times, we must continually update, assess, and adopt newer medications and procedures into our everyday practises. This is especially important in the present evidence-based age of dental practice.