Giving a hand to oral health. Dental Science: Scientifi c Information Intraligamentary anesthesia – Application in pediatric dentistry Intraligamentary anesthesia in pediatric dentistry – An overview

Especially in the treatment of children the intraligamentary anesthesia as primary method of local pain elimination has proven to be beneficial. The anesthetising effect after intraligamental injection virtually begins without latency and is not associated with an extensive numbness, which children often find hard to tolerate(1). Combined with a short and confined duration of action of about 30 minutes the lack of soft tissue anesthesia minimizes the risk of postoperative bite injuries(1, 2). A further aspect is that due to their lower weight children are more prone to overdosage with local anesthetics and the intraligamentary anesthesia only requires a small amount of local anesthetic agent.