Injection pain and postinjection pain of the palatal-anterior superior alveolar injection, administered with the Wand Plus® system, comparing 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine to 3% mepivacaine

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-172

  Nusstein, John ^a   Burns, Yvette ^a   Reader, Al ^a   Beck, Mike ^a   Weaver, Joel ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; NEEDLE; PALATE; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 1242351504     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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