Open AccessRole of 0.5 M mannitol as an adjuvant with lidocaine with or without epinephrine for inferior alveolar nerve block: A randomized control trial
Author(s) -
Pranshu-Kumar Pathak,
Awadhesh-Kumar Singh,
Sudhanshu Agrawal,
D D N Singh,
Dhananjay-Kumar Mali,
Uday Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.55583
Subject(s) - lidocaine , medicine , anesthesia , inferior alveolar nerve , epinephrine , nerve block , local anesthetic , analysis of variance , randomized controlled trial , surgery , dentistry , molar
The most commonly used local anesthetic in dentistry is lidocaine. For decades, mannitol is the most widely used agent in the management of raised intracranial pressure and as prophylaxis against acute renal failure surgeries.