objective: anesthetic techniques like the akinosi technique were introduced to surmount the problems of the conventional inferior alveolar nerve block (ianb) technique. this study aimed to compare the local anesthetic efficacy of ianb via the conventional and akinosi techniques in patients presenting to the maxillofacial surgery department of school of dentistry, shahid beheshti university. met...

Local anaesthesia makes the patient and dentist comfortable to do treatment with least amount of discomfort, but dental patient’s most frequent fear is receiving local anaesthetic injections. The present study attempted evaluate compare perception pain, pressure discomfort induced by three types injections (Infiltration, mental nerve block inferior alveolar injection) for mandibular anaesthesia...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate success of pulpal anaesthesia of mandibular 1st molar by using 4% articaine in buccal infiltration versus 2% lidocaine in inferior alveolar nerve block. STUDY DESIGN Randomized control trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Operative Dentistry, Sardar Begum Dental College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, from March to August 2014. METHODOLOGY One hundred and...

ABSTRACT Aims The inferior alveolar nerve block provides sensory blockade of the body of the mandible and its associated structures. Two approaches, the intraoral and extraoral techniques, can be used. We hypothesized that the intraoral approach would result in a more accurate placement of solution at the inferior alveolar nerve. Methods Five canine cadavers (10-15 kg) were used. A random numbe...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Inferior alveolar nerve block injection is one of the common intra oral anesthetic techniques, with a failure rate of 15-20%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the position of the lingula as an index for this injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty eight panoramic radiographs of 7-11 year old patients were analyzed and the distance between the lingula index and occlusa...

This opinion article seeks to analyse current literature surrounding the question: is articaine better than lidocaine for inferior alveolar nerve blocks? It does so with regards efficacy and risk of paraesthesia associated administration.