Introduction: to evaluate the efficacy of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB), Gow-Gates nerve block (GGNB), and their combination in patients with irreversible pulpitis. Methods: One hundred fifty subjects with irreversible pulpitis of a mandibular molar were selected. subjects randomly received two IANB injections or two GGNB injections or their combination of 1.8 mL 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine. Success was specified as no or mild pain on the basis of Heft-Parker visual analogue scale recordings up on the access cavity preparation or initial instrumentation. Data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis, and ANOVA tests.
Introduction: to evaluate the efficacy of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB), Gow-Gates nerve block (GGNB), and their combination in patients with irreversible pulpitis. Methods: One hundred fifty subjects with irreversible pulpitis of a mandibular molar were selected. subjects randomly received two IANB injections or two GGNB injections or their combination of 1.8 mL 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine. Success was specified as no or mild pain on the basis of Heft-Parker visual analogue scale recordings up on the access cavity preparation or initial instrumentation. Data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis, and ANOVA tests.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
150
The patients received two GGNB injections of 1.8 mL 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine
The patients received two IANB injections of 1.8 mL 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine
The patients received one GGNB injection plus one IANB injection of 1.8 mL 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Isfahan, Iran
the success rate of GGNB local anesthesia technique based on Heft-Parker visual analog scale
Time frame: at time of access cavity preparation
the success rate of IANB local anesthesia technique based on Heft-Parker visual analog scale
Time frame: at time of access cavity preparation
the success rate of GGNB + IANB local anesthesia techniques based on Heft-Parker visual analog scale
Time frame: at time of access cavity preparation
initial pain based on Heft-Parker visual analog scale
Time frame: before treatment
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