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A case is described of a patient who appeared to belong to the category labelled 'resistant' to local analgesia, in whom use of a 5% lignocaine solution with 1 in 100,000 adrenaline allowed painless routine dental treatment to be carried out. A discussion of the case, and the various other opinions which were considered for management, are presented
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Beckett, H., Gilmour, A. Resistance to local analgesia--report of a case treated using 5% lignocaine solution. Br Dent J 169, 327–328 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807371
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807371