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What are the side effects of the dentist's local anesthesia?
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Dr. David Mcnayanswered
Dentistry 28 years experience
Here are a few: The most common are elevated heart rate, extended numbness, and bruising. There are less well known ones but the commercials on tv have a list of about one hundred that they have a speed reader rattle off for most other drugs, so in general it's pretty safe.
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