Cocaine's Legacy in Western Dentistry
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Cocaine has long been used by different cultures for its psychoactive properties (Meyer & Quenzer, 2019); however, upon purification of the substance by German scientists, cocaine became widely used in medical and dental settings. Within dentistry, cocaine has been used both topically and as an intraoral injection (Calatayud & González, 2003; Meyer & Quenzer, 2019). However, unwanted side effects led to the development of cocaine analogues. This paper works to explore how cocaine became the first local anaesthetic in dentistry and how its powerful influence is still observed within the modern dental field.
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