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According to the World Health Organization, pain is defined as an ‘unpleasant sensation that occurs from imminent tissue damage’. From a physiological perspective, pain is a warning system. During dental treatment, patients will experience pain as something unpleasant. Pain will also make it impossible for the dentist to work accurately.
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Booij, L.H.D.J. (2017). Pain and Impulse Conduction. In: Baart, J., Brand, H. (eds) Local Anaesthesia in Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43705-7_1
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