The efficacy of a repeated infiltration in prolonging duration of pulpal anesthesia in maxillary lateral incisors

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Scott, Jean ^a   Drum, Melissa ^a   Reader, Al ^a   Musstein, John ^a   Beck, Mike ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Lidocaine; Maxillary teeth; Repeated infiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949125467     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0161     Document Type: Article

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