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Is it true that some dental anesthetics have cocaine in them?
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No: Cocaine can be used as a local anesthetic, but no commercially available local anesthetics have Cocaine in them.
Answered 6/24/2014
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NO: This may have been the case in the past (like in the '60's), but is no longer the case. Cocaine is sometimes used in the operating rooms for various things, but the dental anesthetics used at your dentist office absolutely do not.
Answered 10/2/2015
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