Practical Conscious Sedation offers the ability to provide effective and safe dental treatment under different types of conscious sedation techniques. Sometimes, it is impossible to provide dental treatment for patients with a real fear of dentistry or patients with medically compromised conditions. Control of anxiety and pain is fundamental to the practice of dentistry. Basic sedation techniqu...

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental pain and associated socio-demographic and behavioral factors in Brazilian adolescents, using data from the National School-Based Health Survey (PeNSE), Brazil, 2009. The survey was conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and Ministry of Health in students 11 to 17 years of age or older in the 27 State c...

Effective local anesthesia is arguably the single most important pillar upon which modern dentistry stands. Paradoxically, the injection of local anesthetic is also perhaps the greatest source of patient fear, and inability to obtain adequate pain control with minimal discomfort remains a significant concern of dental practitioners. Although the traditional aspirating syringe is the most common...

BACKGROUND Oral pain affects people's daily activities and quality of life. The burden of oral pain may vary across socio-economic positions. Currently, little is known about the social gradient in the cost of oral pain among South Africans. This study therefore assessed the social gradient in the cost of oral pain and the related dental service utilisation pattern among South African adults. ...

Typical trigeminal neuralgia, brief electric shock like pain along distribution of trigeminal nerve, is well documented in literature but not much is available about pre trigeminal neuralgia. Pre-trigeminal neuralgia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pain of dental origin because of its similar features.Symonds was the first person who noted dull, continuous and aching pain ...

Dental implants have spread worldwide in dentistry. The risks and complications reported are limited to local issues. However, in this case, a patient complained of systemic symptoms after dental implantation. This case report aims to demonstrate that systemic symptoms such as lumbago, shoulder stiffness, neck pain, hip joint pain, and facial pain improved after the removal of wellosseointegrat...

Local anesthesia forms the major part of pain-control techniques in dentistry. The prevention and elimination of pain during dental treatment has benefited patients, their doctors and dental hygienists, enabling the dental profession to make tremendous therapeutic advances that would otherwise have been impossible. Introduced in the late 1940s, the amide local anesthetics represent the most use...

The aim of this study was to review irritative and sensory disturbances following placement of dental implants. A literature search was made of PubMed for articles published between 2000 and 2010. Studies that reported sensory disturbances directly caused by the placement of dental implants were included. Sensory deficits or trigeminal neuropathy are caused by damage to the third branch of the...

OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the possible relationship between oral surgery and endodontic procedures and the subsequent appearance of cluster headache (CH) in 54 patients. STUDY DESIGN This study included 54 patients diagnosed and treated for episodic CH. The characteristics of pain, the extractions, and the endodontic procedures performed in the same or a contralateral quadrant were reco...