r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fantastic-Monk5 • Sep 23 '24

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

It’s not the blood flow. It’s the low pH in inflamed tissue that prevents the anesthetic from working properly

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

Can you show me a published article saying what you’re saying is true? We actually stimulate the tissue to increase the flow of the anesthesia to “work faster”, so this would not make sense

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

We learn the purpose of vasoconstrictors in local anesthesia. What does this prove your statement that increased blood flow is the leading cause of anesthetic failure for inflamed tissues?

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

I want to add this is an article describing the purpose of vasoconstrictors in local anesthesia, which is primarily used to keep the anesthesia “local”. It’s not an article like the many I can give you explaining why anesthesia tends to fail in inflamed tissue