This study compares the effectiveness of two techniques of local anesthesia in the extraction of mandibular teeth. One group received inferior alveolar nerve block and the other group received buccal infiltration of 4% Articaine
Inferior alveolar nerve block is the commonly used local anesthetic injection technique for extraction of mandibular teeth. Buccal infiltration technique alone is considered to be ineffective in treating mandibular teeth due to the thickness of buccal cortical plate. However, buccal infiltration, if provided with an agent with higher penetration capability, may be used instead of Inferior alveolar nerve block. Articaine, due to its thiophene ring, has higher liposolubility and bony diffusion than any other agent. This study compares the effectiveness of inferior alveolar nerve block and buccal infiltration using 4% Articaine in the extraction of mandibular teeth
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Injection of local anaesthetic parallel to the Long axis of the tooth in the depth of buccal sulcus
Standard technique of mandibular nerve block
Melaka Manipal Medical College
Malacca, Malaysia
Pain during injection using a visual analogue scale measuring 10 cm with 0 depicting no pain and 10 depicting severe pain
VAS scale is a validated scale measuring pain with possible score range from 0 (no pain) to 10 (severe pain).
Time frame: During injection
Pain during extraction using a visual analogue scale measuring 10 cm with 0 depicting no pain and 10 depicting severe pain
VAS scale is a validated scale measuring pain with possible score range from 0 (no pain) to 10 (severe pain).
Time frame: During extraction
Requirement of rescue injection
whether a recue injection was given or not
Time frame: During extraction
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