[Personal view of the use of disposable syringes for analgesia in dentistry]. / Considerazioni personali sull'uso della siringa monouso per l'analgesia in odontostomatologia.

After a synthetis of the main infectious illness transmittable through the oral cavity, the authors describe the experimental use of a new disposable syringe in dentistry. On the basis of a total of 160 local injections for dental interventions, the authors can say that this instrument allows to operate with a maximum of safety for the absolute absence of a direct infection, also by the simple salivary mean, between patients. More advantage come from the risk drop of needle puncture for the dentist and the assistants and for the automatic autoaspiration the syringe is provided which.

[Hippocratic oath and the deontology of dentistry]. / Il giuramento di Ippocrate e la deontologia dell'odontoiatra.

After an historical briefly mentioning to Hippocrates' oath and the one of the German dentist (1880), this paper considers article n. 32 of the italian Constitution and the physician's responsibility, not only from the deontological aspect, but also with particular reference to the patient's rights which lead to the obligation of consensus. The Authors conclude looking forward to a special deontological code for dental graduates as soon as possible.

[Intraligamentary anesthesia of the lower jaw]. / L'analgesia interlegamentosa nel mascellare inferiore.

The author considers the application of intra-ligamental analgesia in oral surgery on the lower jaw. He reports 3421 cases treated from 1970 to 1987 by the Hospital U.S.L. zone 23 in Arezzo. The author evaluates the advantages and disadvantages, describes the various phases concerning the therapeutic treatment. He concludes that the use of intra-ligamental analgesia is better than the use of inferior alveolar block.