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SUBMITTER: Neubert JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918242 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20210212 4
Local anesthetics are widely utilized in dentistry, cosmetology, and medicine. Local anesthesia is essential to providing a pain-free experience during dental and local surgeries as well as cosmetic procedures. However, the injection itself may produce discomfort and be a source of aversion. A novel approach toward the taste modulation of local anesthetics is proposed, in which the anesthetics of the "-caine" family serve as cations and are coupled with anionic sweeteners such as saccharinate an ...[more]