Abstract
Dental treatment has been associated with pain by adults and children alike.
The fear associated with the perceived pain causes a lot of anxiety and is a common
cause for patients to show avoidance towards basic dental care. A painless experience
during dental treatment allows children to look forward to future dental appointments
and allows the dentist to establish a good rapport with the child. Various agents are
available for the administration of local anesthesia with lignocaine being the most
common agent. As children have unique physiology and anatomic variations, the
techniques for local anesthesia require minor modifications. Advances in local
anesthesia materials and techniques have provided the dental surgeon to accomplish the
goal of true painless dentistry.