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# Drugs in dentistry

Local anaesthetics and vasoconstrictors, their toxicity, analgesics, antibiotics and prophylaxis, antithrombotics, drug-related osteonecrosis, sedation and drugs that harm the mouth. Generic names, no doses.

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- [**Adrenaline in dental anaesthesia: when to be careful** Adrenaline makes dental anaesthesia last longer and bleed less](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/adrenaline-in-dental-anaesthesia-when-to-be-careful/)
- [**Analgesics for dental pain: NSAIDs first, opioids last** For most dental pain, ibuprofen with paracetamol works better than opioids](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/analgesics-for-dental-pain-nsaids-first-opioids-last/)
- [**Antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures** A single preventive antibiotic before some dental procedures is now limited to people at the…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/antibiotic-prophylaxis-before-dental-procedures/)
- [**Antibiotics in dentistry: when, and when not** Most dental pain does not need antibiotics](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/antibiotics-in-dentistry-when-and-when-not/)
- [**Anticoagulants and antiplatelets before dental extraction** Most patients on blood thinners can have teeth out safely without stopping them, using local…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/anticoagulants-and-antiplatelets-before-dental-extraction/)
- [**Conscious sedation in dentistry** Sedation calms anxious patients who stay awake and responsive](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/conscious-sedation-in-dentistry/)
- [**Dental nerve blocks and infiltration: the anatomy behind them** Upper teeth are numbed by soaking anaesthetic through thin bone; lower back teeth need a block…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/dental-nerve-blocks-and-infiltration-the-anatomy-behind-them/)
- [**Drugs that harm the mouth** Many common medicines dry the mouth, swell the gums, stain teeth, cause ulcers or thrush, or…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/drugs-that-harm-the-mouth/)
- [**Local anaesthetic toxicity and methaemoglobinaemia** Too much anaesthetic, or an injection into a vessel, first excites the brain and can then stop…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/local-anaesthetic-toxicity-and-methaemoglobinaemia/)
- [**Local anaesthetics in dentistry** Local anaesthetics block sodium channels in nerves so the patient feels no pain](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/local-anaesthetics-in-dentistry/)
- [**Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw** Bone-strengthening drugs used in osteoporosis and cancer can, rarely, leave dead jaw bone…](https://durgical.com/en/dentistry/medication-related-osteonecrosis-of-the-jaw/)

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