Local anesthesia involves injecting a numbing agent into a localized area. The area that will be affected by the surgery receives anesthesia to block pain sensation. Local anesthesia is only used during surgeries that are fairly minor and that only involve a small area of the body. In many cases, you will be able to remain awake and alert during the procedure. However, some surgeries require the use of sedation that will allow you to relax or even sleep through the surgery. (source: http://www.anesthesiaprogress.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-anesthesia.html)
Probably, local anesthesia is the easiest medical/dental situation in which to use the Surgical Serenity Headphones. The dentist particularly is a very unpopular place to go and not surprisingly. Who wants to be laid on their back, machines put into your mouth and a man leaning into your mouth and drilling on you with that loud, insistent, painful sound? (Not to be overly dramatic!)
On the other hand, dentistry was a leader, back in the 1950’s of what was called audio anesthesia. My dentist in SC actually gave me hadphones in 1958 or so that had 7 different channels on them with 7 different types of music and one with “white noise.” They were huge clunky things, but I remember liking them a lot! Our headphones are super-light and yet they cover the ears enough to greatly muffle the sound of the drill. Give them a try!
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