Clinical research on tooth extraction under acupuncture anesthesia

Abstract

This paper is a r6sum6 of the results of clinical research on tooth extractions under acupuncture anesthesia (AA) during the 10 year period from March 1972 to Feb. 1983 in our department, with the number totalling 3150 cases. There were altogether 3691 permanent teeth extracted.The ma'ority of patients were stimulated by electric current with acupuncture anesthesia apparatus (AAA) and the five acupoints in the maxillofacial region most commonly used were Renkuang(],,~g), Chenghai(z~), Bichungou(~:'zj), Yao'ishang(~,~!) and Xiachicao(T