- Complications of local anaesthesia are reduced by careful technique and sensible
dose limitations. - Contraindications to local anaesthesia may be related to certain agents or to specific
techniques.
5.10 FURTHER READING
Malamed, S. F. (1997). Handbook of local anesthesia (4th edn). Mosby, St Louis. (An
excellent reference book.)
Meechan, J. G. (2002). Practical dental local anaesthesia. Quintessence Publishing
Co Ltd, London (A practical guide to the administration of local anaesthesia.)
Moore, P. A. (1992). Preventing local anesthetic toxicity. J Am Dent Assoc, 123 , 60.
(A salutary case report of a paediatric local anaesthetic fatality.)
5.11 REFERENCES
Meechan, J. G., Cole, B., and Welbury, R. R. (2001). The influence of two different
dental local anaesthetic solutions on the haemodynamic responses of children
undergoing restorative dentistry: a randomised, single-blind, split-mouth study. 205HBr
Dent J, 190 , 502-4.
Primosch, R. E. and Brooks, R. (2002). Influence of flow rate delivered by the Wand
Local Anesthetic System on pain responses to palatal injections. 206HAm J Dent, 15 , 15-
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