The frontal block is used to attain regional anesthesia of the face. It’s usually chosen over local tissue infiltration since it has many advantages. A group of nerves dubbed as ganglion or plexus ...

PHOENIX — A Valley doctor is using a numbing procedure to treat pain and it doesn’t require the use of highly addictive narcotic painkillers like opioids. Dr. Vivek Iyer, pain management specialist at ...

Aim This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a single labial injection of 4% articaine for the extraction of maxillary anterior teeth without the need for nasopalatine ...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, a major update of treatment guidelines suggests. Doctors should use a ...

Aim The current study assessed the efficiency of buccal infiltration (BI) and inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) during the extraction of deciduous mandibular molars. Subjects and method A total of ...

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to increase ...

While a robust armamentarium is available for dentists to effectively administer anesthesia, the key to success is finding the right balance in the use of its tools and techniques, according to a ...