... used routinely. Benzocaine ointment 20 % gives rapid and profound mucosal anaesthesia. It is available in a range of pleasant flavours, including mint, cherry, bubblegum and pina colada, and is ... Figure 2. 22 Blanching of the palatal mucosa, demonstrating final site of local analgesic solution deposition. Figure 2. 23 Analgesia can be further reinforced painlessly by direct palatal infiltration ... in a primary molar. Any dentist treating children must become skilled and confident in administering local analgesia, because without it many of the advanced techniques covered elsewhere in...