The Wand and Improved Anesthetics
Are you looking for anesthetic that comes close to the ideal of “painless?” Over 50% of patients fear anesthetic syringes, according to a recent national survey. Some patients get more nervous than others at the mere sight of a needle. Discomfort from a dental shot is mostly due to the feeling of pressure created by the flow of dental anesthetic. A computer controlled injection system can greatly relieve this discomfort. THE WAND® represents the first major technological advance in anesthetic delivery since the syringe was first invented nearly one hundred fifty years ago. The Wand regulates the flow rate and pressure of the anesthetic solution and delivers it more precisely than ever possible in the past. This provides quicker numbing of the teeth, often without the usual numbness of the tongue, lips and face.
We also use a greatly improved version of the old “Novocain” call Articaine. Pharmacological advances have produced anesthetics that “soak in” faster and produce a more profound numbing.
By using the Wand delivery system, better pre-numbing topical anesthetic, and an improved dental anesthetic, we can come about as to “painless” dentistry as medically possible!
If you have a few minutes, below is another of a series of videos that Dr. Gibbs was asked to produce for YouTube.