Dental Novocaine is the original trade name for lidocaine and it was the first dental anaesthetic used to put teeth to sleep. This revolutionized dental care and provided comfort to dental patients while receiving dental work. Dentists use Dental Novocaine for two different types of dental injections, nerve blocks and infiltration. A nerve acts like an electrical wire. When you turn a light off, you do it using a wall switch which is no where near the light. A dental nerve block injects the anaesthetic around a nerve and turns off all of the areas which that nerve goes to. This is the most common injection used in the lower jaw.

          Dental Novocaine is supplied in 1.8 milliliter glass carpules, small glass containers. Each carpule contains a solution of two percent (2%) lidocaine with epinephrine diluted one part in one hundred thousand. The epinephrine (adrenaline) cuts off the blood vessels so that the Dental Novocaine stays where is was injected and the patient stays numb longer. Fortunately, this drug is very safe with very few serious Novocaine side effects. Over a million dental injections are given daily and less than a dozen reports of complications are made each year.

         If you are having dental problems and would like to consult with Dr. Padolsky or Dr. Smith, make an appointment at 404-874-7428.