Alternative techniques for failure of conventional inferior alveolar nerve block
Choi Ryang Lee1, Hoon Joo Yang1,2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Korea.
Abstract:
Successful local anesthesia in dental treatment is the most important prerequisite for pain control of patients. However, unlike that in the maxilla, it is difficult to administer local anesthesia in the mandible, and the success rate of conventional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) is only 80-85%. It is attributed to various causes such as anatomical variations, extreme anxiety, and technical errors; thus, various alternatives have been devised to improve this. We will analyze the causes of failure in conventional IANB and examine various alternatives that can be applied in these cases.
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