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2023 Jan


J Am Dent Assoc


154


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Injectable and topical local anesthetics for acute dental pain: 2 systematic reviews.

Authors

Miroshnychenko A, Ibrahim S, Azab M, Roldan Y, Diaz Martinez J P, Tamilselvan D, He L, Urquhart O, Tampi M, Polk DE, Moore PA, Hersh EV, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Jan; 154(1):53-64.e14.
PMID: 36608963.

Abstract

Local anesthesia is essential for pain control in dentistry. The authors assessed the comparative effect of local anesthetics on acute dental pain after tooth extraction and in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis.