PAINLESS DENTISTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 May 1907, Page 2

PAINLESS DENTISTRY.

XE W ANAESTHETIC. A visit to a dentist's surgery (says a one <if tho members of the Cabinet defina dread ordeal a.s at present, if a new anaesthetic called novocainc fulfils the promise of its early use. it-is Mated to be far more satisfactory that cocaine, for apparently there are no ill-ellVcts after its administration, and practically no shock. It i« injected from a meal syringe just above or below the troulnlesome toolh, and in a moment or so there id a curious blanching of the gum. which assumes a sort, of cheesy eonsislcncy. The operation is then per* lorined with very little discomfort to the patient.

Dentists who l, ;lV0 experimented with this anaesthetic have fi mi lid Hint nine.-, ill which pa ill is felt (luring the extraction of teeth aiv remarkably few. It is recorded ilmf n medical nuui called 011 a dentist and had a very troublesome tooth taken rui. Xoyncaine was injected but even then the dentist had a dillieult task-. ]Te apologised for the twinges ho was convinced lie had caused, but the doctor declared lie hint suD'ercd no pain at nil.

Movoeiiinu was «i,|v brought into the country in June I!K|«, so limt experiments up till now have not been very general.