A study led by Dr. Bing Hu at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and involving other researchers from China and Switzerland, suggests for the first time that the use of local anaesthetic may
affect tooth cell growth and the development of children's teeth.
It is the first time that evidence has been found to suggest that local anaesthetic could
affect tooth cell growth and potentially impact upon tooth development.
Not exact matches
Using pig
teeth and human young permanent
tooth pulp
cells, the research has identified that local anaesthetics commonly used in clinics can
affect the proliferation of
tooth cells.