[Nitrous oxide in dental anesthesia: facts about its introduction in Spain].
After a free period of twenty years the interest for using nitrous oxide in suppressing pain related to dental surgery has increased since the end of the sixties of the last century. In this work we present the result of our investigations on the person who must be considered the introducer of this technique in Spain: José Meifrén Alfares, odontologist at Barcelona.
Hervás Puyal
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Hospital Materno-Infantil, Ciudad Sanitaria de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
Cahisa Mur
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D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain
D009609:Nitrous Oxide
El óxido nitroso en la anestesia odontológica: datos sobre su introducción en España.