Aswad
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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze Not sure if that helps, my dentist experimented with different painkiller injections, just seems the nerves seem to run differently and different bits of the face go numb and not always the tooth that should be numb. Have you tried mapping the nerves yourself? If you have a pinwheel, you can draw a grid on your face with something that comes off easily, and then pay attention to where the nerves signal to the different zones. There are usually three major zones carried by the trigeminal, and depending on how your internal wiring is, it may be possible for you to determine these groupings. That should let the dentist locate the correct location to inject the anaesthetic to get the desired effect on your teeth. Failing that, I was told it is possible to target the trigeminal ganglion directly by making the injection close to it, but I have no experience with it myself. Some time back, a poster here related VZV issues that were effectively ameliorated by applying a topical anaesthetic over the corresponding ganglion (where VZV and HSV are dormant), in effect the same approach without actually putting a needle in there. In either case, you will of course have motor nerve side effects, since they converge with the sensory nerves. Not advice, just thoughts and curiosity. Health, al-Aswad.
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