The notion of a pain-free visit to your dental clinic in Liverpool is something that today, we take for granted. Our freezing agents and numbing products are capable of ensuring that any and all procedures are done quickly, efficiently, and without you feeling a thing.

But this ease of service would have been unprecedented only a few years earlier. The development of pain-free dentistry has moved forward at a remarkable pace, and its evolution is one of the more interesting stories in modern medicine.

Of course, in the earliest days, all procedures were done without anaesthesia, and the first numbing agents followed a relatively rudimentary path. This included such substances as alcohol and ether. Today, our painkillers have become far more targeted, with a shorter recovery time, and a better track record with addictiveness and function. They operate as nerve blockers; their process is to temporarily reduce the ability of your nerves to transmit the sensation of pain.

Lidocaine, the most common, lasts about 1.5 to 2 hours in most people. A permutation of its predecessor procaine, it is well localised, and won’t transmit the sensation of pain from one area to another. Delivered via a fine needle, you can have most procedures done free of pain, and with enough coherence to easily drive yourself home afterwards.

At No Gaps Dental, we like to stay abreast of developments in our chosen field, and advancements such as these numbing agents are continuing to make our field more reliable, less uncomfortable, and with a shorter recuperative period.

Contact us today to learn more about our wide range of services, and pay us a visit at one of our convenient locations, including dental clinics in Liverpool, Penrith, and Parramatta, among many others.