Assessment of Local Anaesthesia Effectiveness in Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two different local anaesthetic agents for supplemental buccal infiltration after a failed inferior alveolar nerve block in achieving profound pulpal anaesthesia for symptomatic irreversible pulpitis using 2% lignocaine and 4% articaine with vasoconstrictor epinephrine. Alternate hypothesis: There is a mean difference in local anaesthesia effectiveness of 2% lignocaine and 4% articaine containing epinephrine when used for buccal infiltration in pulpectomy of symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of mandibular posterior teeth after a failed inferior alveolar nerve block

Timeline

Start

2022-12-19

Primary completion

2023-05-19

Completion

2023-05-19

Publications

• Background Shapiro MR, McDonald NJ, Gardner RJ, Peters MC, Botero TM. Efficacy of Articaine versus Lidocaine in Supplemental Infiltration for Mandibular First versus Second Molars with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial. J Endod. 2018 Apr;44(4):523-528. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2017.10.003. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
• Background Janiani P, Gurunathan D. Effectiveness of Pre-administered Natural Sweet-tasting Solution for Decreasing Pain Associated with Dental Injections in Children: A Split-mouth Randomized Controlled Trial. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2021 Dec 1;22(12):1434-1437.
• Background Oghabi N, Renton T. Optimizing Local Anaesthetic Practice: Addressing Misconceptions and Minimizing Anaesthetic Failures. Dent Update. 2022;49(1):32-38.
• Background Martin E, Nimmo A, Lee A, Jennings E. Articaine in dentistry: an overview of the evidence and meta-analysis of the latest randomised controlled trials on articaine safety and efficacy compared to lidocaine for routine dental treatment. BDJ Open. 2021 Jul 17;7(1):27. doi: 10.1038/s41405-021-00082-5.
• Background Dianat O, Mozayeni MA, Layeghnejad MK, Shojaeian S. The efficacy of supplemental intraseptal and buccal infiltration anesthesia in mandibular molars of patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Clin Oral Investig. 2020 Mar;24(3):1281-1286. doi: 10.1007/s00784-019-03006-8. Epub 2019 Jul 13.
• Background Khan Q, Noor N, Anayat N, Khan TS, Ahmed M. Comparison Of Anaesthetic Efficacy Of Articaine And Lidocaine In Nonsurgical Endodontic Treatment Of Permanent Mandibular Molars With Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis. A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2021 Apr-Jun;33(2):192-197.

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