EC Dental Science

Introduction: Operative and dento-alveolar dentistry is notorious for inducing pain. Although local analgesia injections are the mainstay to minimize pain, other simple procedures can assist in moderating pain before, during, and after dental procedures.

Aim: To itemize simple clinical procedures to optimize pain-management protocols as peri-operative, as pre-, intra-, and post-operative psychological conditioning; medication; warming the LAI carpules; vibrating local injections and post-operative patient contact as other procedures, are appraised.

Conclusion: Dentists embracing these techniques improve patient management, and reduce painful experiences at the dentist.

 Keywords: Analgesia; Clinical-Protocols; Dental; Management; Pain; Psychological; Phone-Calls

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