Speed of Injection Influences Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Blocks: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial in Volunteers

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 919-923

  Kanaa, Mohammad Dib ^a   Meechan, John Gerard ^a   Corbett, Ian Porter ^a   Whitworth, John Martin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inferior alveolar nerve block; injection speed; lidocaine local anesthesia; pulpal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJECTION; INNERVATION; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; TIME; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BICUSPID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33748582352     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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