This subject strikes fear into everyone. This is not even a pleasant or easy subject to write about. "I don't like needles" is probably the line we hear most. Actually who does?? When given the choice of undergoing dental procedures without being numb, everyone always chooses the numb. Optimum oral health is available today for everyone mainly because dentistry can be performed without pain. There are things we do that make the injections themselves as painless as possible:

• New very sharp, very small needle.
• Inject very very slowly prevents the burn of the anesthetic and numbs the area of injection so most of the anesthetic is placed into an already numb area
• Pull and move the oral tissues to distract and stimulate the large pressure nerves to overpower the smaller pain nerves.