Open AccessAssessment of the need for routine distolingual local anesthetic infiltration in addition to traditional inferior alveolar, lingual and long buccal nerve blocks in mandibular third molar extractions
Author(s) -
S N Chandan,
Sujeeth Kumar Shetty,
Sahith Kumar Shetty,
Vageesh Bhat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_404_19
Subject(s) - inferior alveolar nerve , molar , medicine , buccal administration , dentistry , nerve block , mandibular nerve , local anesthetic , local anesthesia , orthodontics , anesthesia
Persistent pain during the removal of mandibular third molars is often due to accessory nerve supply causing inadequate local anesthesia. This study aims to assess the requirement of routine distolingual infiltration anesthesia in addition to traditional inferior alveolar, lingual, and long buccal nerve block in mandibular third molar extractions.