Dental Anesthetic Gel

What Is Dental Anesthetic Gel?

A dental anesthetic gel can be a combination of multiple anesthetic ingredients, depending on the needs of the patient and the type of soft tissue or dental procedures that require its use. It works by blocking nerve sensations, which is an effective way of stopping or preventing pain. This pre-injection topical anesthetic gel mainly includes lidocaine, tetracaine, prilocaine, and phenylephrine – All of which are skillfully compounded in order to make the effects last longer and drive a faster onset than most commercially available topical anesthetics. An experienced compounding pharmacy like 200 Pharmacy can formulate different flavors and package the dental anesthetic gel into plastic squeeze bottles that come with an oral syringe and adaptor. It can be applied on the gauze and held on the area that needs to be numbed.

What Is Dental Anesthetic Gel For?

Dental topical anesthetic gels are highly beneficial for different dental procedures such as scaling and root planning for gum disease, taking intra-oral radiographs, placement of orthodontic devices, pre-injection numbing, to name a few. Dentists and orthodontists use this compounding product to help alleviate the discomfort their patients feel when work is being done on their teeth and gums. It also helps lessen or remove the fear and anxiety children feel as they take a seat on the dentist’s chair since the gels come with a variety of tasty flavors. The small addition of the phenylephrine in the anesthetic gel increases the duration of effectiveness, reduces systemic absorption, and prevents bleeding during the operation.