# So do a lot of dental patients act badly?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-a-lot-of-dental-patients-act-badly/1002765 "2024-06-12T06:41:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-a-lot-of-dental-patients-act-badly/1002765/101 "2024-06-26T05:11:49Z")

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Technically, they don’t use Novocaine (procaine) for this any more, but it’s become like Kleenex or Band-Aids in that a brand name has become part of the general language.

One time, I had some extensive work and the dentist said she used articaine, which I had never heard of but she told me it was longer-acting. And she wasn’t kidding; I got the injection around 9am and it didn’t wear off until well into the afternoon!

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-a-lot-of-dental-patients-act-badly/1002765/102 "2024-06-26T08:46:55Z")

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I think i usually get lidocaine, when i get anything at all.

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