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. 1992 Jan;123(1):69-73.
doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1992.0004.

Reasons for local anesthesia failures

M K Wong  1 , P L Jacobsen
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Reasons for local anesthesia failures

M K Wong et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 1992 Jan.

Abstract

U.S. dental practitioners administer about 4,000,000 local anesthetic blocks and infiltrations annually. The failure rate to achieve adequate anesthesia for the procedure is estimated to be 5 percent to 15 percent. This article describes five different categories of failures and suggest ways to troubleshoot them.

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  • Local anesthesia failures.
    Laga EA Jr. Laga EA Jr. J Am Dent Assoc. 1992 Mar;123(3):22. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1992.0064. J Am Dent Assoc. 1992. PMID: 1545053 No abstract available.

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