Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Impact of caffeine consumption on local anaesthesia failure: Study based in Hail region, Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Saud Saad Altamimi^1♦, Rakan Abdulkarim Brahim Alrakkad³, Nawaf Mubarak Faleh Alshammari¹, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Salem Alghuraymil¹, Ibrahim Abdulkarim Brahim Alrakkad², Ammar A. Siddiqui⁴

¹Dental Intern, College of Dentistry, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
²General Practitioner at Almas clinics, Hail, Saudi Arabia
³General Practitioner at Alghassab clinics, Hail, Saudi Arabia
⁴Assistant Professor& Consultant Oral & Dental Public Health at the College of Dentistry, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Dental Intern, College of Dentistry, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Many patients believe that drinking coffee reduces the effectiveness of local anaesthetic. Caffeine is widely used on a global scale in the form of coffee, tea, and chocolate. All through the day. It is also traditionally regarded as a show of societal charity, particularly in Saudi Arabia. Local anaesthetic acts by interfering with the inflow of Na channels across the neural membrane. Methodology: Cross-sectional epidemiological observational research was conducted in Ha'il. The data was collected over two months from 1/7/2022 to 1/9/2022 and included people who attended dental facilities in the Hail region. Result: The current study included 131 persons, with 47.69% being female and 52.31% being male. However, when we assessed patients' knowledge and opinions, we discovered that 32% agreed that coffee can help prevent local anaesthetic failure. Only 10% were aware of the scientific evidence associating coffee consumption with local anaesthetic failure. Conclusion: Caffeine has been shown in trials to hasten the recovery from anaesthesia and to be effective even at high anaesthetic dosages. According to the only available evidence, caffeine reverses the effects of general anaesthesia. According to the existing scientific data, caffeine can affect cognitive function by boosting alertness, and sleep deprivation causes stress and anxiety, which helps to explain in part why coffee drinkers have trouble administering local anaesthetics. To lower the failure rate of local anaesthetic, a dentist should use stress reduction techniques on a regular basis.

Keywords: Caffeine, Anesthesia, coffee

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms447e2529

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms447e2529

Published: 05 November 2022