Open AccessCardiovascular effect of dental anesthesia with articaine (40 mg with epinefrine 0,5 mg % and 40 mg with epinefrine 1 mg%) versus mepivacaine (30 mg and 20 mg with epinefrine 1 mg%) in medically compromised cardiac patients:A cross-over, randomized, single blinded study.
Author(s) -
Daniel Tórres-Lagares,
María-Ángeles Serrera-Figallo,
Guillermo Machuca-Portillo,
José-Ramón Corcuera-Flores,
Carmen Machuca-Portillo,
Raquel Castillo-Oyagüe,
José-Luís Gutiérrez-Pérez
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.17892
Subject(s) - articaine , mepivacaine , medicine , epinephrine , anesthesia , blood pressure , heart rate , anesthetic , local anesthetic
The aim of the present study is to compare cardiovascular safety profiles of two dental anesthetics: articaine versus two standard mepivacaine solutions used during etiological periodontal treatment in cardiovascular patients.