An experimental evaluation of regionally induced analgesia in dentistry.
A method for the assessment of induced regional dental analgesia in experimental animals is described. It is based on the validity of the electrodentally elicited digastric electromyogram as a pain index. This method has been applied to study the effectiveness of one local anesthetic and of "electroacupuncture" to suppress pain regionally.
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D007180:Incisor / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D012018:Reflex
D000779:Anesthetics, Local