Oraqix periodontal gel is a non-injectable dental local anaesthetic for anaesthesia in periodontal pockets for diagnostic and treatment procedures such as probing, scaling and/or root planing.
It is a liquid that turns to gel at body temperature, keeping it in place to help induce anaesthesia in 30 seconds.
In addition, there is minimal post-procedural numbness as the duration is about 20 minutes. Applied to the treatment area with a specially designed Oraqix Dispenser, the gel can be site-specific and placed in a number of areas within the mouth in the same session.
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Liquid that turns to gel. Br Dent J 205, 679 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1106
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1106