Urgent Bite 14 - The sting of the injection

Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite.  How do you reduce the sting of a local anaesthetic injection?

Reducing Local Anaesthetic pain article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=A+users+guide+for+reducing+the+pain+of+local+anaesthetic+administration

Principles of Office Anaesthesia article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Principles+of+Office+Anesthesia%3A+Part+II.+Topical+Anesthesia

Ice to reduce pain of injection article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Principles+of+Office+Anesthesia%3A+Part+II.+Topical+Anesthesia

Swearing article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Swearing+as+a+response+to+pain%3A+A+cross-cultural+comparison+of+British+and+Japanese+participants

 

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