Types of Local Anesthesia Topical Anesthesia ( anesthesize free nerve endings) Infiltration (above the bone)…. anesthesize terminal nerve endings Regional Block (into the bone)…. Anesthesize main nerve trunk
Injection procedure Disinfect the injection site The bevel of needle towards bone Stretch the tissue while inserting needle Aspirate Inject slowly
Infiltration Techniques
Buccal and Labial Injections
Palatal injection
Posterior Superior Alveolar Nerve Block Mouth should be partly closed. Needle is inserted opposite the mesial root of 1 st molar at the deepest part of the mucobuccal fold. Anesthesize 1 st molar except mesiobuccal root, 2 nd and 3 rd molar
Infraorbital Nerve Block Anesthesize maxillary premolars, MB root of 1 st molar and anteriors
Insert the needle at the mucobuccal fold along the long axis of 2 nd premolar
Incisive or nasopalatine Injection Anesthesize palatal alveolar plate of upper anterior teeth Insert the needle in the midline 1cm posterior to central incisor
Greater Palatine Nerve Block Anesthesise palatal mucoperiosteum from 1 st premolar to 3 rd molar The needle is inserted opposite the 1st molar
Mandibular Nerve Blocks
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Deposit the solution into pterygomandibuar space Anesthesize all ipsilateral mandibular teeth