Open AccessThe position of lingula as an index for inferior alveolar nerve block injection in 7-11-year-old children.
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Ezoddini Ardakani,
Zahra Bahrololoumi,
Maryam Zangouie Booshehri,
Alireza Navab Azam,
Fatemeh Ayatollahi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-2118
pISSN - 2008-210X
DOI - 10.5681/joddd.2010.013
Subject(s) - inferior alveolar nerve , medicine , nerve block , local anesthetic , radiography , orthodontics , anesthesia , surgery , molar
Inferior alveolar nerve block injection is one of the common intra oral anesthetic techniques, with a failure rate of 15-20%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the position of the lingula as an index for this injection.
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