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.

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