{"id":495,"date":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/a-quick-history-lesson-about-dental-comfort\/"},"modified":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T00:00:00","slug":"a-quick-history-lesson-about-dental-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/a-quick-history-lesson-about-dental-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick History Lesson About Dental Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/didntfeelathing2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-811363\" \/>  <strong>DID YOU KNOW THAT <em>A DENTIST<\/em><\/strong> discovered anesthetic? It\u2019s true. Life-saving surgeries were made possible in part by\u00a0a dentist\u2019s attempts to make his patients more comfortable!  Before the days of \u201cpreventative\u201d dental care,\u00a0painful tooth\u00a0extractions were a way of life.\u00a0Here are a few people who helped change that&#8230; <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Horace Wells Discovered Nitrous Oxide At A\u00a0Street Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Horace Wells was a Connecticut dentist. In 1844 he watched\u00a0a traveling street show using nitrous oxide (laughing gas) to entertain passersby. <strong>Noticing that it dulled pain<\/strong>, he began experimenting with it\u00a0in his dental practice! <\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Power To Cure, From A Surgical Perspective<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> W.T.G. Morton and Dr. Wells were colleagues who experimented together to discover better pain-relief methods\u00a0for their patients. Looking for something more consistent and powerful than nitrous oxide, W.T.G. Morton started using ether in his practice. The end result of that idea revolutionized medicine, as explained in this short video:  [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LsczmGq0ezw?rel=0] <\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Early 1900\u2019s Brought Localized Anesthetic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> <strong>Novocaine<\/strong>, administered to numb specific areas\u00a0of the mouth, was discovered\u00a0by German chemist Alfred Einhorn, and was brought into medical use by surgeon Heinrich Braun. Although novocaine is perhaps the most well-known local anesthetic, most dentists today use lidocaine,\u00a0which is commonly considered\u00a0less likely to prompt allergic reactions and is more\u00a0consistent and efficient. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>We\u2019re On Dentistry\u2019s\u00a0Leading Edge For YOU!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Since Wells\u2019 and Morton\u2019s time, methods in patient comfort have been refined and perfected. We keep up-to-date with the latest technologies\u00a0and techniques\u00a0to provide the\u00a0best oral health solutions for YOU,\u00a0our valued patients and friends. If you ever have any questions about your dental\u00a0comfort, please ask! We love to hear from you. <\/p>\n<h4>Thanks for your trust in our practice!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE<\/strong> who helped change the face of dentistry for the better&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}