Introduction to dental local anaesthesia
This session provides an overview of dental local anaesthesia. Much of the information will be revision of basic principles from undergraduate training. The session describes the techniques available to achieve local anaesthesia for dental procedures, and then goes on to demonstrate how local anaesthetic agents are classified and what their ideal properties are.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- define the term 'local anaesthesia'
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describe the techniques and equipment used in dental practice to achieve local anaesthesia
- list the ideal properties of local anaesthetic agents
- explain how local anaesthetic agents are classified
Before commencing this session you should have a knowledge of head and neck anatomy in relation to nerve supplies and dental anaesthesia.
Zoe is currently a Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Paediatric Dentistry at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. She recently finished a six month post at University Hospital Aintree as an SHO in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Zoe completed two years General Professional Training in the Northern Deanery. She worked as a House Officer at Newcastle Dental Hospital, in all the departments, and in a General Dental Practice. She qualified from Newcastle Dental School with BDS in June 2008, and passed the MFDS Parts I and II from RCS Edinburgh in 2009-2010.
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