Local anesthetic may affect the development of children's teeth, study shows
Monday, September 7, 2015 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, a study indicates that the use of local anesthetic may affect tooth cell growth and the development of children's teeth. The study comes at a time when more children than ever before are subjected to dental surgery -- and local anaesthetic -- because of tooth decay or the other orthodontic conditions.