A concise pocket reference on local anaesthesia for dental undergraduates. Each chapter incorporates a list of objectives/aims and the scientific basis supporting the clinical practice where applicable.

All dental undergraduates need to study this subject and this book provides the reader with a small, concise pocket reference at an affordable price. It is also an invaluable purchase for the dental practitioner, ensuring that their practice is in line with current evidence-based practice.

• Physiology of nerve conduction
• pharmacological basis of local anaesthesia
• instruments
• techniques for delivery of local anaesthesia
• maxillary anaesthesia
• mandibular anaesthesia
• management of the difficult case
• selection of patients for treatment under local anaesthesia
• local complications
• systemic complications
• medico
• legal considerations