title: Advances in dental local anesthesia techniques and devices: An update.
abstract: Although local anesthesia remains the backbone of pain control in dentistry, researches are going to seek new and better means of managing the pain. Most of the researches are focused on improvement in the area of anesthetic agents, delivery devices and technique involved. Newer technologies have been developed that can assist the dentist in providing enhanced pain relief with reduced injection pain and fewer adverse effects. This overview will enlighten the practicing dentists regarding newer devices and methods of rendering pain control comparing these with the earlier used ones on the basis of research and clinical studies available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Payal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Saurabh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vilas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Newaskar
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
keywords: Dental anesthesia; local anesthesia delivery device; local anesthesia delivery technique