What is it about?
The effectiveness of articaine infiltration in the mandible. There is a suspicion that when the facial cortical mandibular bone is 2mm or greater thick then a facial infiltration may not succeed in locally anesthetizing the adjacent tooth. An additional full carpule may be needed or an intra-osseous inject may provide adequate anesthesia.
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Why is it important?
It points out that a facial cortical thickness of about 2mm inhibits the effectiveness of articaine local anesthesia.
Perspectives
This explains why artciaine infiltration may be ineffective.
Dr Dennis FlanaganDDSMSc
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This page is a summary of: The effectiveness of articaine in mandibular facial infiltrations, Local and Regional Anesthesia, December 2015, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/lra.s94647.
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