Nikita Suri

To perform any surgical procedure, we require administration of safe as well as effective local anesthesia. The prime and the most important step in any clinical oral surgical procedure is the administration of local anesthesia. Almost in most of the clinical steps in dentistry, local anesthesia is used, therefore there are chances of complications that might occur with the administration of the local anesthetic drug. It is advised to take the proper history of the patient, i.e., is there any systemic complication that might get enhanced with the administration of the local anesthetic agent. Ask and verify, whether the patient is allergic to any specific medicine or allergic to the local anesthetic agent, to avoid any sort of complication. Keywords: Local, Anesthesia, Complications

Fortunately medical emergencies rarely occurs in daily dental practice. The risk of any serious complications can be reduced by ensuring that the basic life supporting drugs are in the appropriate place and the whole dental team should be well trained in basic life support measures. It is important for a dental practioner to have a thorough knowledge in recognizing and carrying out its initial management. Keywords: Dental practioner, Medical emergencies, Syncope, Hypersensitivity, Hypoglycemia

Out of all the cranial nerves “Trigeminal Nerve” is the fifth cranial nerve. Trigeminal nerve possesses both the components i.e. mixed components as well as sensitive components that’s why trigeminal nerve is known as a mixed nerve. The sensitive component of the trigeminal nerve takes up the sensation from most of the part of the face and the mucous membrane to the central nervous system and that’s why it is responsible for the disease which is known as trigeminal neuralgia. The characteristic feature of the trigeminal neuralgia is the sudden onset of pain which is sharp and lacerating, and that may last from few of the seconds to few minutes. Trigeminal neuralgia more frequently affects the female as compared to the male.   Keywords: Pain, Pain, Trigeminal neuralgia, Sudden onset of pain, Maxillary and mandibular nerve.

Gagging is a normal physiological reflex action to restrict the entry of any foreign body through the oral cavity. Gagging is a physiological process, but sometimes it is precipitated by some other factors like while making impression of the dentulous or edentulous patient, patient may gag by the sensation of touch of impression tray or by the impression material, sometimes gag precipitates by just watching other person gagging during any dental procedure. Keywords: Gagging, Dental Impression, Neurophysiology of gagging, Management of gagging

Dry socket falls under the most common as well as serious complications, which usually encountered after the extraction of third molar. The occurrence of dry socket in dental clinical practice is very common, which may be due to systemic or chronic disease related to the patient health, that alters the patient immunity with respect to infection, there will be other local chances too for the occurrence of dry socket which include the habits of smoking cigarette, chewing pan masala, bad oral hygiene. This article reviews the main causes of dry socket, various treatment modalities for the same. Keywords: Dry socket, Smoking, Bad oral hygiene, Smoking, Alveolar osteitis.