314 RESEARCH AND SCIENCE Nicole Schnyder1* Dorothea Dagassan2* Influence of surface anesthesia Claudio Storck3 Sabine Schaedelin4 of the nasal cavity on oral tissues Andreas Filippi1 in the anterior region 1 Department of Oral Surgery, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel (UZB), University of Basel, Basel, A pilot study Switzerland 2 Center for Dental Imaging, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel (UZB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland KEYWORDS 3 Department of Otorhino- Anterior teeth laryngology, Head and Neck Nasal surface anesthesia Surgery, University Hospital Maxillary anesthesia Basel, Basel, Switzerland 4 Clinical Trial Unit, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland * Nicole Schnyder and Dorothea Dagassan should be consid- SUMMARY ered joint first author Nasal surface anesthesia is a simple, non-inva- The effect of the mucosal anesthesia increased in CORRESPONDENCE sive method with a not yet fully understood the canine and anterior region the further mesial Dr. med. dent. effect on oral tissues. Should it prove to be suc- the tooth was located and the longer the appli- Dorothea Dagassan cessful in dental medicine, it could replace or cation time was. In the buccal and palatinal area Kompetenzzentrum at least complement the more invasive injection the effect increased from apical to incisal. The Dental Imaging Universitäres Zentrum anesthesia, especially in children after dental pulps of the central incisors and the canines were für Zahnmedizin Basel (UZB) trauma. better anesthetized than those of the lateral in- Mattenstrasse 40 The local anesthetic Tenaphin (tetracaine hydro- cisors. CH-4058 Basel chloride and naphazoline nitrate) was applied to Nasal surface anesthesia has the potential to Tel. +41 61 267 26 48 E-mail: 105 patients prior to ear, nose and throat medical replace the more invasive injection anesthesia
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