Release Date: July 26, 2013 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. – One of the most dreaded experiences at the dentist’s office is an injection into the tissues of the mouth to numb an area ...

Application of topical anesthetic drops may be more effective at reducing pain caused by intravitreal injection, according to an OSN SuperSite report. Gregory R. Blaha, MD, PhD, one of the study’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Topical anesthesia provided less pain relief than retrobulbar anesthesia or peribulbar anesthesia but was well ...

According to the report, the study examined 24 patients who were intravitreally injected four times in combination with four different types of anesthesia: topical proparacaine, topical tetracaine, ...

BOSTON -- Patients with arthritis of the knee may find relief from locally injected anesthesia. In a randomized trial, researchers took about 60 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and gave half ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeons, anesthesia staff and other operating room personnel should be aware that periocular anesthetic ...

Interventional pain management treatment frequently begins with a series of epidural and facet injections. These injections are performed in surgical centers and under anesthesia. Billing received is ...

Local anesthesia enables dental hygienists to deliver pain-free treatments while maintaining patient trust and comfort. Techniques vary from topical applications to injections targeting broader nerve ...

Getting out of the dentist's office in comfort used to be as hard to do as pulling teeth. Any significant dental work used to mean enduring a "block," or another of those medieval gum-numbing ...

Can using a sophisticated plastic model of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity help dental students learn to give local anesthesia injections? A study by Dutch dentistry professors suggests it can ...

This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of periprostatic nerve block (PPNB) and intrarectal local anesthestic (IRLA) gel in alleviating pain during prostate biopsy. Electronic databases ...