No. That's local anesthesia. It's called a "nerve block". The anesthetic is inje...

		pmiller2 on Oct 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notes on My Colon Cancer No. That's local anesthesia. It's called a "nerve block". The anesthetic is injected right next to a nerve. If you imagine pain as starting somewhere, then, "travelling" upstream to your brain, the anesthesia basically interrupts signals from the point where the injection takes place.

Awesome, thanks for the explanation, that makes me feel better about going to the dentist.