Gums and other stuff
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Gums and other stuff
hello how are you everyone ? hope your doing great, I have a question what removes pain when you get a shot into your gums, in your gums and teeth when do for example a root canal is it something to do with the brain ? GABA receptors or just removes pain in another way if so how, thx please, all the best Qayin
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Re: Gums and other stuff
How does a local anesthetic work?
Two broad classes of pharmacological agents, local and general, can result in anesthesia. Local anesthetics, such as Novocaine, block nerve transmission to pain centers in the central nervous system by binding to and inhibiting the function of an ion channel in the cell membrane of nerve cells known as the sodium channel.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... esia-work/
This process does not in any way involve GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) receptors.
Brian
Two broad classes of pharmacological agents, local and general, can result in anesthesia. Local anesthetics, such as Novocaine, block nerve transmission to pain centers in the central nervous system by binding to and inhibiting the function of an ion channel in the cell membrane of nerve cells known as the sodium channel.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... esia-work/
This process does not in any way involve GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) receptors.
Brian
Re: Gums and other stuff
Thank you, does this all work in the Brain the shot to the gums for no pain when doing for example a root canal ?
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It is true that unless the pain signals reach the brain, then you will not feel it.
Local anesthetics only work on the nerves in the local area of the body where they are applied or injected (that is why they are called local), while general anesthetics work upon the entire central nervous system (CNS).
The CNS is made up of the brain and the spinal nerves, where most of the GABA receptors which you were asking about before are to be found.
There are no pain receptors in the brain itself.
A fact which allows surgeons to perform open brain surgery, while the patient is fully conscious and therefore able to provide feedback as to whether the surgeon is getting too close to a vital part of the brain that could be damaged.
Brian
Re: Gums and other stuff
Wow, the mystics of root canal uncovered lol. Well done Brian.
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