Novocaine is a logal anesthetic agent which is commonly used during dental procedures or other oral processes. This causes numbness of the infected area so that the patients will not feel the pain. This is a local name for procaine which was discovered by the German chemist named Alfred Einhorn in 1905.
The duration to which we expect the numbness varies to the different factors. The factors include the location of the application, the area, concentration, and presence of other anesthetic chemical. It is expected at least that novocaine will last for 1.5 to 3 hours.
