The Wand

The Wand

Meetinghouse Dental Care does not use the traditional syringe / needle to deliver anesthesia. We utilize a device called The Wand to numb an area before dental procedures in comfort. The Wand is a computer-assisted system for local anesthesia that carefully guides dentists as they are performing dental injections.  The technology allows us to numb a single tooth rather than an entire area.

If you have ever experienced a normal dental injection using a traditional syringe, you will know it can be unpleasant.  Pain does not come from the needle itself.  It results from the rapid distention of tissue as the anesthesia enters it.  The faster the doctor presses the syringe, the more rapid is the delivery of the anesthesia.   

The Wand controls the speed of anesthesia delivery through a computer controlled device that senses the type of tissue the syringe has penetrated and only delivers the anesthesia at a level at which a patient cannot feel it.