title: Advances in office anesthesia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent developments in anesthesia applicable to family practice settings are reviewed.
  
  
  METHODS
  MEDLINE was searched using the key words "EMLA"; "iontophoresis"; "lidocaine," "tetracaine, adrenaline, cocaine"; and "lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical experience has shown that there is a definite and evolving role for the newer methods of office anesthesia. Patient care can be improved by reducing the discomfort of patient procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Whealton
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D003042:Cocaine; D004837:Epinephrine; D006801:Humans; D007478:Iontophoresis; D008012:Lidocaine; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D009819:Office Visits; D011318:Prilocaine; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013748:Tetracaine; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D011318:Prilocaine; D013748:Tetracaine; D008012:Lidocaine; D003042:Cocaine; D004837:Epinephrine