Hi,
I am sorry for that joke, kmarch. That was for DDS2007.
KMNO4-potassium permanganate-used (rarely nowadays) as an
antiseptic(oxidant)
N2O - Nitrous Oxide (Laughing gas)- used to be used as an anaesthetic (pain killer)
Lidocaine( der. of novocaine ) - used by dentists as local anaesthetic( nerve blocks).
Just could not resist teasing DDS2007

. I am sorry about that.
DDS2007: " I like all the dentists: I just don't like what they do and say ".
I am tired of my dentist's lectures on sweet things in life