PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY - 3rd Ed. (2005)

178H Fig. 5.6 Pistol-grip intraligamentary syringes. 179H Fig. 5.7 A pen-grip intraligamentary syringe. This is a less-aggressiv ...

does not interfere with the ability to aspirate blood, but it is worth noting that narrow needles are more likely to penetrate b ...

Assuming the proper materials and equipment have been chosen then the following technique can be used to reduce the discomfort o ...

around the palatal gingival margin (184HFigs. 5.11, 185H5.12, and 186H5.13). With practice this technique can be used without th ...

192H Fig. 5.10 Use of pressure and topical anaesthesia to lessen the discomfort of a palatal injection. (By kind permission of D ...

197H Fig. 5.14 Small-dose buccal infiltration in the lower premolar region for removal of a lower second molar. 198H Fig. 5.15 P ...

Complications can be classified as generalized and localized and divided into early and late. 5.7.1 Generalized complications Ps ...

can easily occur unless care is exercised. The use of vasoconstrictor-containing local anaesthetics for definitive local anaesth ...

of children on significant long-term drug therapy. Apparently innocuous drug combinations can interact and cause significant pro ...

The inability to complete the prescribed treatment due to failure of the local anaesthetic can be due to a number of causes, inc ...

Haematoma formation Penetration of a blood vessel can occur during local anaesthetic administration. Haematoma formation is rare ...

As mentioned above long-lasting anaesthesia can result from direct trauma to a nerve trunk from the needle, injection of solutio ...

Very young children are not suited to treatment under local anaesthesia as they will not provide the degree of cooperation requi ...

Bleeding diatheses Injection into deep tissues should be avoided in patients with bleeding diatheses such as haemophilia. Inferi ...

Complications of local anaesthesia are reduced by careful technique and sensible dose limitations. Contraindications to local a ...

Almost all research on the process of dental caries supports the chemoparasitic theory proposed by W. D. Miller in 1890. This is ...

body of the lesion and surface zone can be seen clearly. If the process of dental caries continues, support for the surface laye ...

occurs in plaque-covered areas frequently exposed to dietary carbohydrates; the initial lesion is subsurface before the thin su ...

1998.). 225H Fig. 6.5 Microradiograph of a longitudinal ground section through a lesion of the type shown in Figs 6.3 and 6.4. T ...

tooth showing a variety of carious lesions ranging from white spot enamel caries to cavitated dentine caries. 6.2 THE EPIDEMIOLO ...