LOCAL ANAESTHESIA

📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER 

Q1. Define local anesthesia.

Ans. If has been defined as a loss of sensation in a circumscribed area of the body caused by depression of excitation in nerve endings or an inhibition of the conduction process in peripheral nerves.

Q2. Enumerate various methods of inducing local anesthesia.

Ans.

• Mechanical trauma.
• Low temperature.
• Anoxia.
• Chemical irritants.
• Neurolytic agents such as alcohol & phenol.
• Chemical agents such as local anesthesia.