title: Diagnostic anesthesia. Guidelines for the practitioner.
abstract: Diagnostic anesthesia is a special modality offering data that, when coupled with other diagnostic information, may help establish the diagnosis or a source of pain. Guidelines using injectable or general anesthesia have been reviewed. Most important is that diagnostic anesthesia only identifies a source of pain and not necessarily the source of the problem. This modality should complement and not replace a thorough medical history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Dental School, Newark.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000777:Anesthetics; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics