Dentistry For Dummies Part 3

Why Dental Anesthetics Dom't Alway Work

Did you ever experience the local anesthetic not working despite getting three or four shots?

If this is a reoccurring issue, please explain to your dentist that you have an acid pH problem. You can easily correct this by taking three or four organic mineral tablet's an hour before your dental appointment. Chemically, local anesthetics are stored in a glass carpule and are in quartenary molecular form. When injected into an alkaline pH, they convert to a tertiary molecular structure. However, if you are too acidic or too alkaline the conversion doesn’t occur completely and you do not get numb. Problem solved.