Injection needles for dental local anesthesia.
The implication of the physical characteristsof single-use disposable dental needles for administration local anesthetics, and the role of these properties in causing breakage, pain on injection, and morbidity in patients are reviewed in this article.
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Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D009339:Needles; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control