My teenage daughter is allergic to novacaine (sp). What other numbing meds can m!


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My teenage daughter is allergic to novacaine (sp). What other numbing meds can my daughter be given at dent.?

My daughter has a dentist appt. next week. We just found out that she is allergic to novacaine. She will need some work done fairly soon and was wondering what other alternative the dentist has to numb the area up?


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Your dentist should know what can and cannot be used in a patient with a novicaine allergy, so your best info will come from that person. But, here is what I found.

http://www.dentalfearcentral.org/allergy...

"People often use the term "novacaine", "novocain", "novacaine" or a variation thereof when talking about local anesthetics... even though novocaine has not been used in dentistry for decades (both because it wears off too quickly and because allergies to novocain and other ester-based -caines are relatively common). All the -caines used for local anaesthesia these days are amides rather than esters. Virtually nobody is allergic to amide caines."

AND:

http://www.doctorspiller.com/local_anest...

Go to the section that says "For patients who are allergic to local anesthetic". You will find some good info there....it is just too long to cut and paste!




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