Is pain-free needle insertion possible? The most widely advocated technique in Dentistry is the use of topical anaesthetics before intra-oral needle insertion. Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics (EMLA) introduced to reduce the pain associated with venous cannulation and providing surface anaesthetic effect for harvesting skin grafts, was compared with commonly available topical anaesthetics: Lignocaine 2%, Benzocaine 20% and Placebo.The effectiveness was recorded by using Visual analogue scale (VAS),Lickerts scale and Sound,Eye,Motor(SEM) scale. It was concluded that Eutectic Mixture...