The research team investigated the majority kind
of local anaesthetics currently used in dental clinics in the UK, Switzerland and China.
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.
The study found that the longer duration of exposure to high concentrations
of local anaesthetic was most harmful because it interferes with the function of mitochondria, the «batteries» of the cell, and induce a cell death mechanism named «autophagy.»
However, he emphasises that even this type
of local anaesthetic, during which the woman remains conscious during the operation, is not free of risk, but can lead to very low blood pressure in cocaine users.
The veterinary surgeon will carry out a thorough examination of the eye and associated tissues following the administration
of a local anaesthetic.
Not exact matches
I am not an angel and I had players injected to play official matches, crucial matches, but a friendly... to get six
local anaesthetic injections to play a friendly, I've never heard
of that.
So, after a 20 hour labour with pethidine and the stitch - up from hell (1 1/4 hours
of stitching with a
local anaesthetic that didn't work, and no epidural available because it was «out
of hours» - women in that situation are not seen as a high priority for pain relief!)
Local anaesthetic is then used to numb the site
of the lumbar puncture.
Once in place, a combination
of narcotics and a
local anaesthetic will be administered.
Mackay - Sim's team has solved those problems by developing a method
of removing the cells under a
local anaesthetic and growing them in culture to produce larger numbers.
Since the patient is under
local anaesthetic but still awake, we have only a certain amount
of time to carry out this task,» says Erlend Hofstad.
He said: «Our study has shown for the first time the evidence that
local anaesthetic may affect the development
of children's teeth in cellular and molecular levels.
Although the maximum dosage
of various
local anaesthetics is established, their side effects on dental tissue have until now not been fully investigated.
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.
Almost 26,000 children a year aged between five and nine are admitted to hospital for dental treatment under general and
local anaesthetic in the UK, for conditions which are on the whole preventable through better understanding and adoption
of good oral health routines.
The study is published in Cell Death Discovery, a new translational medical research journal from Nature Publishing Group, and comes at a time when more children than ever before are subjected to dental surgery — and
local anaesthetic — because
of tooth decay or the other orthodontic conditions.
It is often possible to avoid general
anaesthetics and the majority
of our procedures are performed under
local anaesthesia sometimes combined with sedation.
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