October 6, 2011 — The inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) is often ineffective, and too few dentists are well versed in alternative approaches to anesthesia in the mandible, leading experts write in ...

Achieving complete anesthesia of a patient's tooth that needs treatment when everything else in the mouth seems numb is the most common difficulty clinicians face, according to a presenter at the ...

June 22, 2011 — Articaine works better than lidocaine for infiltrations, but the evidence for superiority in mandibular blocks is still weak, researchers reported in the May issue of the Journal of ...

Will mandibular infiltration ever replace the inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB)? Researchers have been picking away at this question for years. An article published in this month's Journal of the ...

Two techniques of delivering IDBs are taught at undergraduate level in the UK: the direct technique, also known as the Halstead technique, and the indirect technique. The key features of these ...

Infiltration injections are effective in the mandibular incisor region. The combination of buccal and lingual infiltrations seems to offer the best anaesthetic profile. 4% articaine with adrenaline is ...

Offers an Innovative Treatment Option for Class II Skeletal Malocclusion in Kids and Teenage Patients While Simultaneously Straightening their Teeth SAN JOSE, Calif. & TEMPE, Ariz. — Align Technology, ...