ArticleThe Saudi dental journal2023
Efficacy of inferior alveolar nerve block and intraligamentary anesthesia in the extraction of primary mandibular molars: A randomized controlled clinical trial.
Article in The Saudi dental journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Intraligamentary anaesthesia versus inferior alveolar nerve block in paediatric patients with mandibular molars: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Review
- Intraligamentary Anesthesia in Pediatric Patients: Is It an Effective Technique? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
- The Pterygomandibular Space: A Volumetric Evaluation Using the Novel A-Silicone Injections Method.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The bevel effect: a prospective, randomized investigation into needle design in dental intraligamentary anesthesia.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: The study aims to compare the effectiveness and quality of intraligamentary anesthesia (ILA) and inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) for primary mandibular molar extraction. Methods: This prospective, randomized clinical study included patients aged 5 to 13 years scheduled for primary mandibular molar extraction. A total of 208 participants were randomly allocated into two groups (n = 104 each group), IANB and ILA, who were administered 2% lignocaine with epinephrine 1:100,000. Patients rated their pain during injection and extraction (VAS pain score). Frankl's behavior rating score, quality of anesthesia as perceived by clinician, and duration of procedure were recorded. Demographic and other variables were analysed using Pearson x Results: In patients who received IANB, the clinician reported a slightly better quality of anesthesia (p = 0.19) than those who received ILA (VAS score 1.3 ± 0.7 Conclusion: The efficacy of conventional ILA was similar to IANB, and thus ILA might be a good alternative to the IANB while extracting primary mandibular molars.
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