| Going to the dentist used to be a drama, | | | | patient but for the dentist to by the system in |
| everyone used to put off visiting the dentist until | | | | the first place, so as yet few dentist have the |
| the pain drove them through the dentist's door. | | | | STA system. It's well worth checking with your |
| Getting a tooth fixed was always accompanied by | | | | local dentist to see if they have the Single Tooth |
| several painful injections with a great big needle to | | | | Anesthesia System, because if they don't it might |
| numb mouth and cheek. Then tingling and dribbling | | | | be just as well to find a dentist that does, as it |
| as the anesthetic wore off was just part of the | | | | might suggest your local dentist doesn't keep their |
| deal. | | | | dental equipment or dental techniques up-to-date. |
| Well no more, a few dentist have a newly FDA | | | | So go get that dental check-up you have been |
| cleared system called Single Tooth Anesthesia | | | | putting off, you'll be one of the first people in the |
| (STA). This new anesthetic administers a small | | | | country to try out this new system, and have |
| amount of anesthesia to only the tooth the | | | | something new to talk about with your friends. |
| dentist works on, both to start with, and then all | | | | Before you tell them about Single Tooth |
| the while the tooth is being worked on. | | | | Anesthesia I will bet, just the mention of going to |
| STA only takes a couple of minutes to work, and | | | | the dentist will have them screwing up their face, |
| wears off quickly, no embarrassing drooling, or | | | | and be ready to start telling horror stories, and |
| those nasty bites inside your cheek after the | | | | you can honestly say you didn't have any pain or |
| anesthesia wears off. | | | | even discomfort at all when you had your root |
| The STA system is expensive, not to you as a | | | | canal or dental implant done. |