Needle-less local anesthesia: Clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of the jet anesthesia Injex in local anesthesia in dentistry

Quintessence International

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 572-576

  Dabarakis, Nikolaos N ^a   Alexander, Veis ^a   Tsirlis, Anastasios T ^a   Parissis, Nikolaos A ^a   Nikolaos, Maroufidis ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Jet injection; Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Mepivacaine; Needleless anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JET INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLE; TOOTH PULP;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENTAL PULP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, JET; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 41749091414     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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