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Going to the dentist for even a simple procedure might require numbing or anesthetic, because the nerves in the teeth are very sensitive. This numb feeling, from Novocaine or other drugs, will ...
Novocaine is considered very safe. It’s possible to overdose on Novocaine, but your doctor and dentist will use careful calculations in ensure this doesn’t happen.
But Novocaine stinks on ice. Martin is also famous for playing a truly funny dentist, in Little Shop of Horrors. Novocaine is supposed to be a comedy, it is labeled as a “dark comedy”. Oh it’s dark ...
For those people who fear the dentist – and that painful shot of Novocain – help may be on the way. A new FDA-approved anesthetic, Kovanaze, administered in a nasal spray, is safe and ...
Novocaine (procaine) is an injectable anesthetic that prevents pain by numbing a small, localized area. Once one of the most common local anesthetics used by dentists, Novocaine has been replaced ...
Her dentist in Bristol, Tenn., Janet Hatcher Rice, is one of nearly 1,000 U.S. dentists who now use a laser instead of a drill for many procedures -- making novocaine almost obsolete for many of ...