Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Dr. Debra Woo is a professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA.  His study interests major on anesthesia, Dentistry, Health analysis. In recent years,  he has studied several studies including Advances in Anesthesia, Pain Management, and Health analysist.  Currently, Dr. Debra Woo is the author/editor/reviewer in several international journals.  He published 15 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Adoption of IRT: An Instrument Retraction Technique in Local Anesthesia Delivery
  Author(s): Michelle Brady, Debra Woo, Eve Cuny and Bernadette Alvear Fa*
  
  This article evaluates the adoption of an Instrument Retraction Technique (IRT) taught in preclinical local anesthesia to dental students, and its subsequent use in their clinical practice. Immediately following their basic injection technique instruction, first-year students were asked to observe senior students’ technique over a three-week period. During this time, they completed surveys to determine if senior students continue to apply the techniques taught during the first-year course. The results of the surveys suggest safer techniques taught in preclinical curricula continue to be used during clinical procedures. Successful introduction of IRT during mandibular anesthesia into a dental school curriculum is an option for potential reduction in intraoral needle sticks and should be considered when evaluating local anesthesia curriculum in dental.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.21.12.986

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