<I>Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals </I> is designed to meet the requirements of comprehensive courses in local anesthesia for both dental hygiene and dental programs.  It includes extensive ancillary student and instructor resources including clearly stated objectives for each chapter, easy-to-reference tables, relevant case studies, question and answer banks, and laboratory skill assessments.  In addition to separate chapters on topical anesthetics, dose considerations, inadequate anesthesia, specialty factors, and anatomic factors, this text includes troubleshooting factors and considerations specific to each technique.