Renaissance in Local Anesthesia

4% Local Anesthetics and Paresthesia – Fact or Fiction?

3 continuing education hours upon successful completion of this course. The registration fee is $65. This electronically mediated online lecture course was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, CA in March 15, 2013.

Speaker: Stanley F Malamed, DDS

Dr. Malamed is a graduate of the New York University College of Dentistry. He is a Dentist Anesthesiologist, Emeritus Professor of Dentistry, Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He completed a dental internship and anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Malamed has authored more than 150 scientific papers and 16 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia. Additionally, Dr. Malamed is the author of three widely used textbooks, published by C.V. Mosby Inc.: Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (7th edition 2015); Handbook of Local Anesthesia 6th edition 2012); and Sedation -A Guide to Patient Management (5th edition 2010).

Dr. Malamed is a paid consultant to Septodont, OnPharma and 3M ESPE.

International Dental Seminars®, Inc. did not receive commercial support funding, and doesn't have a monetary relationship or special interest with a commercial company.

Overview:

Local anesthetics are the most effective drugs in medicine for the prevention of pain. However good, adverse events can still occur. This section reviews the incidence of paresthesia following intraoral dental local anesthesia, with specific attention on articaine HCl.

Learning objectives:

On completing this section the student should be able to:

1. Define ‘paresthesia’

2. Discuss the literature claiming to have found a link between 4% anesthetic solutions and an increased risk of paresthesia

3. Discuss the theories describing the etiology of paresthesia of the lingual nerve subsequent to inferior alveolar nerve block

For additional information, Dr. Malamed may be contacted by:

Email: [email protected]

Website: drmalamed.com

Telephone: 626-286-6657

Original release date of this course: March 15, 2013

Review date: March 12, 2014, March 12, 2016, March 12, 2019, March 12, 2022

Expiration date: March 15, 2025

Course Coordinator: Melanie Eglen

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