Danny Daly of West Hartford recently had a long stay in the dentist’s chair.
"I had to have four teeth filled. Two on top, two on bottom,” said Daly.
It’s no fun, especially after you leave with that lingering numb feeling.
"Your lip feels like it's 3 times bigger then it actually is. But you can't feel anything," Daly said.
But a new dental drug called Oraverse is changing that.
"This is probably the newest thing that's on the market right now,” Dr. Edward Molyneaux of Blue Back Dental in West Hartford said.
Dr. Molyneaux says Novocaine typically lasts for three-and-a-half hours. Oraverse cuts down the duration of the numb sensation by an hour-and-a-half.
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"Patients really love it because a lot people just don't like walking out of the dental office and having a real thick lip or having to go back to work or having to do something that requires a lot of speaking,” said Dr. Molyneaux.
Joan Gallagher is one such patient. A few months back she had to return to work after a filling.
"You feel like you're slurring your words,” she said. "With me I work with people all day long and it's embarrassing. It's ridiculous I have to keep saying to people: I just had dental work done. I just had dental work done."
At her last appointment though, she opted for Oraverse.
"I felt like I looked normal so going back to work was a lot better."
