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I found this website which describes an electronic device for dental pain relief -
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This is the relevant bit (sorry it's rather long)
"Dental Anesthesia Blocks Pain Without Chemicals, Needles, or Numbness
Given the choice between the needle and the numbness associated with novocaine or having dental procedures performed without any anesthesia at all, most patients opt for the needle, seeing it is the lesser of two "evils". The patients who choose nothing must simply endure the pain. Now, thanks to a revolutionary new technology, dentists can offer an alternative that blocks pain like novocaine, but without chemicals, needles, or prolonged numbness.
This technology is called CEDATA, which stands for Cell Demodulated Electronic Targeted Anesthesia. Developed in England and approved for use for all restorative procedures such as fillings and crowns, Cedata has already been used on tens of thousands of patients and has had an impressive 90% success rate.
The principle behind Cedata is simple. The inventor discovered that a specific, low frequency electronic signal applied to a nerve ending will block a pain impulse. However, low frequencies do not pass easily through the body and cannot penetrate down to the nerve bundle where the sensation originates. Cedata overcomes this obstacle by producing two slightly different high frequency electronic signals, which are introduced through contact pads placed on the back of the patients hand. High frequency signals - like radio waves - pass easily and harmlessly through the body. In fact even as you read this, high frequency radiowaves are passing through your body.
A receptor placed on the patient's gums, acts like an antenna and draws the electronic signals directly to the treated tooth or teeth. At the tip of the receptor, the two frequencies mix and cancel each other out, leaving a low frequency signal that is equal to the difference between them. The remaining signal is a very precise frequency, scientifically proven to block pain..
During the entire procedure, the patient operates and controls the Cedata device, increasing or decreasing the signal strength as needed to maintain a level of comfort and profound anesthesia. With proper instruction it might take a first time Cedata patient ten to fifteen minutes to achieve an appropriate level of anesthesia before work inside the mouth can begin.
On subsequent visits, achieving anesthesia takes an average of five to ten minutes. In fact, Cedata is so safe, effective, and easy to operate it is routinely used to treat patients as young as five or six year olds.
At the cellular level, Cedata works just like novocaine and other chemical anesthesia However, unlike chemicals Cedata affects only the pain fibers and not the sensory ones, so there's no numbness after the procedure. Patients can sense touch, pressure, and mild temperature changes but not pain. Without pain or numbness patients can accurately report conditions inside the mouth during procedures, which ultimately reduces the need for patients to return later for minor adjustments."
It sounds absolutely perfect. However, I can't find anything else out about it so maybe it's something that didn't take off
. Anyone heard of it? Gordon?
[broken link removed]
This is the relevant bit (sorry it's rather long)
"Dental Anesthesia Blocks Pain Without Chemicals, Needles, or Numbness
Given the choice between the needle and the numbness associated with novocaine or having dental procedures performed without any anesthesia at all, most patients opt for the needle, seeing it is the lesser of two "evils". The patients who choose nothing must simply endure the pain. Now, thanks to a revolutionary new technology, dentists can offer an alternative that blocks pain like novocaine, but without chemicals, needles, or prolonged numbness.
This technology is called CEDATA, which stands for Cell Demodulated Electronic Targeted Anesthesia. Developed in England and approved for use for all restorative procedures such as fillings and crowns, Cedata has already been used on tens of thousands of patients and has had an impressive 90% success rate.
The principle behind Cedata is simple. The inventor discovered that a specific, low frequency electronic signal applied to a nerve ending will block a pain impulse. However, low frequencies do not pass easily through the body and cannot penetrate down to the nerve bundle where the sensation originates. Cedata overcomes this obstacle by producing two slightly different high frequency electronic signals, which are introduced through contact pads placed on the back of the patients hand. High frequency signals - like radio waves - pass easily and harmlessly through the body. In fact even as you read this, high frequency radiowaves are passing through your body.
A receptor placed on the patient's gums, acts like an antenna and draws the electronic signals directly to the treated tooth or teeth. At the tip of the receptor, the two frequencies mix and cancel each other out, leaving a low frequency signal that is equal to the difference between them. The remaining signal is a very precise frequency, scientifically proven to block pain..
During the entire procedure, the patient operates and controls the Cedata device, increasing or decreasing the signal strength as needed to maintain a level of comfort and profound anesthesia. With proper instruction it might take a first time Cedata patient ten to fifteen minutes to achieve an appropriate level of anesthesia before work inside the mouth can begin.
On subsequent visits, achieving anesthesia takes an average of five to ten minutes. In fact, Cedata is so safe, effective, and easy to operate it is routinely used to treat patients as young as five or six year olds.
At the cellular level, Cedata works just like novocaine and other chemical anesthesia However, unlike chemicals Cedata affects only the pain fibers and not the sensory ones, so there's no numbness after the procedure. Patients can sense touch, pressure, and mild temperature changes but not pain. Without pain or numbness patients can accurately report conditions inside the mouth during procedures, which ultimately reduces the need for patients to return later for minor adjustments."
It sounds absolutely perfect. However, I can't find anything else out about it so maybe it's something that didn't take off
. Anyone heard of it? Gordon?
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