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Review
. 2016 Jan-Mar;10(1):81-6.
doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.169482.

Role of intraseptal anesthesia for pain-free dental treatment

G Gazal  1 , W M Fareed  1 , M S Zafar  2
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Review

Role of intraseptal anesthesia for pain-free dental treatment

G Gazal et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2016 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Pain control during the dental procedure is essentials and challenging. A complete efficacious pulp anesthesia has not been attained yet. The regional anesthesia such as inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) only does not guarantee the effective anesthesia with patients suffering from irreversible pulpitis. This main aim of this review was to discuss various aspects of intraseptal dental anesthesia and its role significance in pain-free treatment in the dental office. In addition, reasons of failure and limitations of this technique have been highlighted. Literature search was conducted for peer-reviewed articles published in English language in last 30 years. Search words such as dental anesthesia, pain control, intraseptal, and nerve block were entered using a web of knowledge and Google scholar databases. Various dental local anesthesia techniques were reviewed. A combination of block anesthesia, buccal infiltration and intraligamentary injection resulted in deep anesthesia (P = 0.003), and higher success rate compared to IANB. For pain-free management of conditions such as irreversible pulpitis, buccal infiltration (4% articaine), and intraosseous injection (2% lidocaine) are better than intraligamentary and IANB injections. Similarly, nerve block is not always effective for pain-free root canal treatment hence, needing supplemental anesthesia. Intraseptal anesthesia is an efficient and effective technique that can be used in maxillary and mandibular adult dentition. This technique is also beneficial when used in conjunction to the regional block or local dental anesthesia.

Keywords: Dental anesthesia; intraseptal injection; medullary diffusion.

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Intraseptal injection technique; (a) marking for the administration of anesthesia (b) positioning of the needle 3 mm apical to the apex of the papillary triangle (c) ischemia of the soft-tissue surrounding the injection site
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