The efficacy of Emla® and 5% lignocaine gel for anaesthesia of human gingival mucosa

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-61

  McMillan, A S ^a,b   Walshaw, D ^a   Meechan, J G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRILOCAINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033624805     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0143     Document Type: Article

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