Many people are reluctant to go to the dentist for a variety of reasons, such as worrying about pain that may be involved. For many patients, especially needles (and needle sizes) can cause significant anxiety. However, in the General Dental May / June 2007 study of the Journal of General Dental Society (AGD), a peer-reviewed journal, researchers found that the size of the needle used for injection did not differ in pain perception from anesthesia, which Helps to make the patient comfortable during a dental procedure.
One of the study's authors, Michael J. Wahl, DDS, said there was no difference in the patient's pain when using a larger diameter (wider) needle. "Many people think that small diameter needles (and therefore small stab wounds) mean less injection pain - but this is not what we have found, and the size is not important for the perceived injection pain.
