NEW ANAESTHETIC.
Painless Dentistry
A visit to a dentist's surgery will not in future be such a dread ordeal as it is at present, if a new local anaesthetic called uovocaine fulfils the promise of its early use. It is stated (says the Daily Mail) to be far more satisfactory than cocaine, for apparently there are no ill-effects after its administration, and practically no shock. It is injected from a metal syringe just above or below the troublesome tooth, and in a moment or so there is a curious blanching of the gum, which assumes a sort of cheesy consistency. The operation is then performed with very little discomfort to the patient. Dentists who have experimented with this anaesthetic have found that cases in which pain is felt during the extraction of teeth are remarkably few. It is recorded that a medical man called on a dentist, and wanted a very bad tooth taken out. Novocaine was injected, but even then the dentist had a difficult task! He apologised for the twinges he was convinced he had caused, but the doctor declared he had suffered no pain at all. Novocaine was only brought into Britain iv June, 190(1, so that experiments up till now have not been very general.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8780, 11 June 1907, Page 6
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209NEW ANAESTHETIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8780, 11 June 1907, Page 6
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