The efficacy of infiltration anaesthesia for adult mandibular incisors: A randomised double-blind cross-over trial comparing articaine and lidocaine buccal and buccal plus lingual infiltrations

British Dental Journal

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Jaber, A ^a   Whitworth, J M ^a   Corbett, I P ^a   Al Baqshi, B ^a   Kanaa, M D ^a   Meechan, J G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJECTION; INNERVATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; TIME; TONGUE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARTICAINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649333883     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.974     Document Type: Article

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