Pain Free Dental Injection - Is this real?

Overall Winner of the Dental & Oral Health Innovation Awards 2011
Reduced discomfort dental injections
Dr John Meechan, Mr Chris Lawrence and Mr Philip Harley
Newcastle University
What is it?
This is a modification of a local anaesthetic cartridge for dentists that allows a buffer solution to be mixed with the anaesthetic, so as to cause less pain when injected.
What’s new?
One of the reasons dental injections are painful is because of the acidic content of the
anaesthetic, which is necessary to enable it to be made and stored. This innovation allows a
separate neutralising material to be mixed with the anaesthetic just before the injection,
reducing discomfort and also shortening the time for the anaesthetic to take effect.
The team has designed a new double plunger for a syringe cartridge allowing the two substances to remain separate within the syringe until needed to be used. Patents have been applied for.
At the moment, the team have produced a pre-production prototype of the injection system. They are now looking for a manufacturer to produce it and to make it available for patients.
Who will use it?
Research conducted in 2009 found that 70% of British adults were anxious about having injections at the dentist. Millions of dental injections per year are given by dentists. The team would like to see their innovation become the standard method used by every dental surgery. With more than 16 billion injections administered annually around the world, the scope of this innovation in other areas, outside of dentistry is significant.
What did the judges say?
As with many of the best ideas, the simplicity of this innovation is what caught our attention. This forms a platform innovation that could have many potential uses outside of the dental market and we would like to see this being taken into clinical trials.
The Award sponsored by @gsk, @rorybremner @EmmaSamms1
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I've stopped going to Dentist, the injections are really painful. Last tooth i had pulled,i also had a abscess. He never gave me any penicillin,then come back to pull the tooth. As he was injecting me i actually pulled his hand away.the pain was savage. He said that it would be as he was injecting straight into the abscess, and because i was older, it would be a bit more painful. Now i just take painkillers. Was i treated well or bad?