The Anesthetic Efficacy of 3% Mepivacaine Plus 2% Lidocaine With 1:100,000 Epinephrine for Lower Jaw Dental Injections
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The inferior alveolar nerve block (shot) is the most frequently used injection technique for
achieving local anesthesia (numbness) for the teeth in the lower jaw. However, this injection
does not always result in successful pulpal (tooth) anesthesia (patient felt pain). No study
has combined mepivacaine and lidocaine anesthetics (numbing solutions) for this type of
injection (shot). The investigators propose to compare an injection of mepivacaine followed
by lidocaine to an injection of lidocaine followed by lidocaine to determine if there is a
difference in effectiveness.