Local anaesthesia in the lower jaw

Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • J.A. Baart
  • H.S. Brand
Book title Local anaesthesia in dentistry
ISBN
  • 9783319437040
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783319437057
Edition 2
Pages (from-to) 87-102
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
Abstract The buccal cortical bone at the premolars and molars of the lower jaw impedes the diffusion of anaesthetic fluid to the apices of these teeth or into the mandibular canal, located centrally in the jaw bone. Adults require mandibular block anaesthesia for an effective anaesthesia. In the area of the lower canines and incisors, the cortical bone is thinner, and the roots lie on the buccal side of the jaw. Here, infiltration anaesthesia is effective.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43705-7_6
Published at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-319-43705-7_6.pdf
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