If the fear of a giant needle piercing the roof of your mouth keeps you from the dentist, there's some relief in sight. The FDA recently approved Kovanaze, the first needle-free dental anesthetic ...

Hardly anyone looks forward to a trip to the dentist and it's even worse when you're afraid of needles. Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo understood this predicament and so sought another ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26 (UPI) --For people who are pain- or needle-phobic, dental work is often avoided because the primary method for numbing the mouth involves a shot, but a new inhalable anesthetic ...

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved KOVANAZE, the first nasal-administered dental anesthetic. 1. KOVANAZE is the first product developed by the Fort Collins, Colo.-based company St.

Clinicians removed a 3-cm needle from a patient who swallowed it, likely during a dental procedure, according to a recent case report published in the April issue of the Journal of Dental Anesthesia ...

Around 10 to 30 percent of people have anxiety and concerns about pain with dental procedures. Anxiety can delay getting treatment and that can make the problem worse. Anesthetics have been around for ...

A fear of pain causes many people with dental phobias to avoid or delay needed treatment. In some cases, the injection of a numbing agent can be the most painful part of the visit. But with a new ...