Why do patients avoid going to the dentist? According to a survey from the American Dental Association (1), fear of pain is the greatest factor that prevents patients from visiting their dentist. Additional surveys (2, 3) have found that 90% of dentists have some anesthetic difficulties during restorative dentistry procedures. In endodontics, Wallace and coworkers (4) surveyed Diplomates of the...

accurately localizing the mental foramen and mandibular canal is important when administering local anesthesia and performing surgery; therefore, knowing the normal range of the possible locations is essential. our purpose was to assess the location of the mental foramen and mandibular canal in an iranian population using panoramic radiography.standard panoramic radiographies were performed. th...

Introduction The ideal animal model for nerve regeneration studies is the object of controversy, because all models described by the literature have advantages and disadvantages. Objective To describe the histologic and functional patterns of the mandibular branch of the facial nerve of Wistar rats to create a new experimental model of facial nerve regeneration. Methods Forty-two male rats were...

conclusions open gastrostomy was successfully performed under subcostal tap block with small dose fentanyl supplementation. the subcostal tap block is considered a useful anesthetic choice in surgery for high risk patients. introduction many papers have reported that tap block provides effective postoperative analgesia, but the sole use of tap block for surgical anesthesia has been rarely repor...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study aimed to report the incidence of neurosensory complications after third molar extraction and also to identify current problems and discuss appropriate management of these complications. METHOD Patients who underwent extraction of deeply impacted mandibular third molars under general anesthesia were included. The following epidemiological data were retrospect...

BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested that the likelihood of paresthesia may depend on the local anesthetic used. The purpose of this study was to determine if the type of local anesthetic administered had any effect on reports of paresthesia in dentistry in the United States. METHODS The authors obtained reports of paresthesia involving dental local anesthetics during the period from Nov...

background: greater occipital never block has been shown to be an effective treatment in patients with cluster or tension type headache but there are very few studies investigating its effect in patients with chronic migraine. this study was to determine the effectiveness of greater occipital never block on headache in patients with chronic migraine. we designed an interventional before-after s...