Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Natalie Grover (Reuters Health) - Briefly applying an ice cube to the skin could diminish the pain associated with local ...

DrBicuspid.com is pleased to present the next column from two lawyers who spend every day defending dentists in litigation and before the licensing board. The purpose of this column is to offer our ...

Local anesthesia refers to using a drug called an anesthetic to temporarily numb a small area of your body. Your doctor might use a local anesthetic before doing a minor procedure, such as a skin ...

New research has resulted in the development of a new two-stage injection technique to reduce pain from local anesthetic injections during dental work on children, according to an article published in ...

General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...

(Reuters Health) - Briefly applying an ice cube to the skin could diminish the pain associated with local anesthetic injections, a small study suggests. Local anesthetics are typically used to reduce ...