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No matter how good you are at delivering local anaesthesia, the chances are that your patients will still be very fearful of the procedure. Well, there's a way round it: The Wand is a computer-controlled-anaesthetic delivery system that pushes the anaesthetic solution of your choice through a needle. The rate and pressure of delivery is what allows you to get your anaesthetic to where it is needed without much of the traditional discomfort/pain that is associated with using a syringe.
The lightweight handpiece is a 15 cm plastic tube that is held in a comfortable pen grip, providing an increase in tactile sensation and control. For the needle phobic patient, this will dispel all their preconceptions of dental treatment, but it would be a waste to limit its use to such a small group. All patients will be grateful for you minimising the discomfort of local analgesia. Most patients report not actually feeling a thing when The Wand administers its magic!
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Minimise the discomfort of local analgesia. Br Dent J 223, 616 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.927
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.927