from Dental Tribune International – August 10, 2011 NEWCASTLE, UK: Researchers from Newcastle University have developed a dental injection system that could reduce patients’ pain when being injected. The system, a modification of a dental local anaesthetic cartridge that allows a buffer solution to be mixed with the anaesthetic, was recently recognised with a Medical … Read more
Takes a minute to get to the heart of the subject matter, but well worth the wait……. Related articles Nitrous oxide and childbirth: Why laughing gas could be coming to a maternity ward near you. (slate.com) Check the ancillary animations on the right side of the page..if they only had this when I was in … Read more
Ahem Melissa, can we do this in Canada, huh, huh, can we, can we, please, please, pretty please. From Rob Goszkowski – Dr. Bicuspid August 2, 2011 — DrBicuspid.com is pleased to present the latest installment of Leaders in Dentistry, a series of interviews with researchers, practitioners, and opinion leaders who are influencing the practice of dentistry. … Read more
From PR.com – July 31, 2011 www.SedationConsulting.com The nation’s leading provider of continuing education and training on the administration of sedation for dental and medical procedures announced today that they are now providing IV sedation training for dentists. Conscious Sedation Consulting, the Missouri based company will be providing this training at a facility in Los … Read more
Probably shouldn’t be doing this, but as a child of the 60’s, that doesn’t stop me – the article below is relevant and salient and resonates with the recent publication in the RCDSO oeuvre from Garisto et al. Owner of Dentinal Tubules is a friend and if he minds, I’ll figure out an alternative. The … Read more
From Medical News Today Pierrel Research USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Pierrel SpA, the Italian-based, global pharmaceutical services company, announces the US launch of Orabloc™ (Articaine hydrochloride 4% with epinephrine 1:100,000 and Articaine hydrochloride 4% with epinephrine 1:200,000). Orabloc is a new purer formulation of Articaine with epinephrine, an injectable dental anesthetic for routine dental … Read more
No, this is not an updated version of the Guess Who song from 1970… By Seamus McGraw When she went under the oral surgeon‘s knife 18 months ago, Karen Butler sounded like any other lifelong resident of coastal Oregon. But when she shook Cover of The Guess Who off the anesthesia, the 56-year-old mother of … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid May 5, 2011 — The root cause of local anesthetic-related neurosensory disturbances (NSDs) in dentistry has been unclear. But now a group of Danish researchers say it is neurotoxicity related to high-concentration formulations of anesthetics — particularly articaine — not needle penetration (Journal of the American Dental Association, May 2011, Vol. 142:5,pp. 531-540). … Read more
By Rob Goszkowski – Dr.Bicuspid.com April 21, 2011 — Getting children to sit through a dental procedure is a challenge most practitioners inevitably face. The mere mention of the word “needle” can prompt anxiety and panic in young patients, making a routine dental procedure anything but. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/dental/d7710/client_edit/LAExtRD.pdfRead more Related articles Uh-Oh: Robots Now Administering Anesthesia … Read more
From Dental Health Magazine Staff – April 5th, 2011 A recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM, March 9th, 2011), discusses the effects of general anesthesia on the brains of young children. Researchers believe that it is very important to present and understand the possible long term neurological effects that general anesthesia has on the … Read more
D. Uzbelger-Feldman et al The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a supplemental injection utilizing the improved intraoral cervical plexus anesthetic technique in mandibular posterior teeth diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis when the conventional inferior alveolar nerve blocks failed, and to provide a description of the technique. Forty patients were diagnosed with … Read more
St. Renatus, LLC, With Guidance From The U.S. Food And Drug Administration, Has Established Readiness To Proceed To Phase 3 Trials From Medical News Today St. Renatus, LLC, the northern Colorado start-up Company dedicated to bringing to market a needle-free dental anesthetic, announced that the company had a favorable End of Phase 2 review with … Read more
By Laird Harrison, Senior Editor -Dr. Bicuspid — Articaine worked better than competing anesthetics in seven out of 10 randomized clinical trials of infiltration analyzed for a review presented at the recent American Association for Dental Research (AADR) meeting in Washington, DC. But articaine and lidocaine appeared very similar in potency in this research, and a clinical study … Read more
by DentalVibe A savvy marketing guru has joined forces with Dr. Steven Goldberg, the inventor of DentalVibe. DentalVibe, a comfort injection system, utilizes patented VibraPulse pain blocking technology to send a message to the patient’s brain, intercepting the pain and sensitivity associated with a traditional injection. Scott Mahnken has helped companies such as SS White, … Read more
I would normally never use this blog to promote a “product”, however, the referencing of the Melzack and Wall Gate Control Theory (the concepts of convergence and modulation reduced the emphasis on disruption of neuronal pathways led to the idea that pain could be controlled by modulation–reduce excitation or increase inhibition), being that they were Canadians, tweaked my interest. It’s a little hypish, … Read more