Daniel Dilworth

BDS, MFDS RCPS(Glasg), PGCert (ClinEd), Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Email: ddilworth@stjames.ie

Considerations in dental local anaesthesia for the patient with cleft lip and palate

To minimize discomfort and pain, we recommend anaesthetizing distal to the site of the scar tissue, for example in a unilateral cleft lip and palate, the local anaesthetic should be given initially in...