Dental Syringe: An Indispensable Dental Equipment

What do you fear the most about going to a dentist? Patients usually face several dental phobias, including fear of pain and fear of anesthetic side effects. However, the advanced techniques and tools, such as dental syringe, mouth mirror, radiograph equipment, burs, Osteotome and dental drill, used by the dentists can help patients to alleviate the fear of injections, pain, and mishaps.

A dental syringe is one of the most important dental equipment used by the dentists. It is used by all types of dentists including the ones specializing in general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics. A syringe is a medical instrument, which is used to inject fluids inside the body or extracting fluid from the body, spraying liquids and cleaning wounds. A syringe usually consists of a rubber ball with a fine nozzle. It works with the help of pressure or suction.

A syringe like device was first used by Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili, an Egyptian surgeon, to remove cataracts in 900 AD. He designed a thin and hollow glass tube with suction. However, earlier syringes were only used for extracting fluids or tissues from humans. They were not used for injecting purpose. In 1650, Blaise Pascal came up with the actual concept of a syringe. Further, in 1853, Dr. Alexander Wood modified the regular syringe to hypodermic syringe used for medical purposes. The first hypodermic syringe included a cylinder containing a movable plunger.

A dental syringe is an ancillary tool, which is used to supply either water or air to the oral cavity for the purpose of cleaning away the debris or pus from the area on which the dentist is working. Moreover, it is also used by the dentist for injecting fluoride, antibacterial or anesthetic solutions. It contains a breech-loading syringe, which is fitted with a sealed cartridge holding the anesthetic solution. A 3-way syringe consists separate internal channels for supplying water, air or mist of water and air, which is formed by combining water with pressurized air. The tip of a 3-way syringe can be easily separated from the main syringe body and replaced when necessary.

Today the market offers a variety of syringes, especially designed for dental purposes. Few different types of syringes available in the market are:

• Aspirating syringes
• Cartridge syringes
• Intraligamentary syringes
• Disposable dental syringes
• Irrigating syringes

These syringes are available in various sizes, so that the dentists can get the right grip over them. Having the right grip over the dental syringe can make the dentist feel more comfortable while working.

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