Technology

Painless Numbing

It’s the part of the appointment most people dread. I see it in their eyes. They are not shy about telling me exactly how they feel about it. I’m talking about “the shot”. Everybody hates it.

We dental professionals know how you feel. After all, we’re patients too. We do everything we can think of to make it more comfortable. We use the best equipment, topical gel to pre-anesthetize the area to be injected, and we use the most effective, fastest acting, anesthetic.

We have recently incorporated a new tool that actually delivers an almost completely painless injection. It’s called the STA, which stands for single tooth anesthesia. It was formerly called The Wand. It is a computerized device that delivers the anesthetic at a very slow rate making it almost imperceptible.

The other advantage (and this might actually be the biggest advantage) is that it can numb a single tooth and nothing else - not the lip, not the tongue. That means no slurring speach or drooping face for hours after the appointment, and no biting lips by mistake (a big deal for young kids).

This is just one of the many ways we demonstrate our focus on making your appointment as pleasant as possible.