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Excruciating pain when they injected the local anaesthetic. is this normal?
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Yes: Local anesthesics tend to have low ph (acidic). So they ten to burn.
Answered 2/11/2013
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Pain: Where was your injection? Initial numbing under the skin, in the mouth, right by a nerve is uncomfortable at first, but then the numbing begins to take affect. If you are scared or anxious your response to pain on numbing injections are greater.
Answered 4/18/2016
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