Open AccessPulpal-anesthesia of a mandibular first molar with irreversible pulpitis by inferior alveolar nerve block plus buccal infiltration using articaine or lignocaine
Author(s) -
Nupur Bhatnagar,
Shivkumar P. Mantri,
Kavita Dube,
Neelam U Jaiswal,
Vaishnavi J Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/jcd.jcd_410_19
Subject(s) - articaine , inferior alveolar nerve , medicine , buccal administration , dentistry , pulpitis , molar , nerve block , lidocaine , pulp (tooth) , anesthesia , mandibular nerve
This study aims to compare the efficacy of a combination of an inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) plus buccal infiltration using 4% articaine versus 2% lignocaine in achieving anesthesia of lower first molar teeth with irreversible pulpitis.