Experience of operator in relation to administration of inferior alveolar nerve block

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of inferior alveolar block in relation to the experience of the operator. PATIENTS and METHOD: It was a cross-sectional comparative study carried out in the Oral Surgery Department of Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi, Pakistan. SUBJECTS: Sixty patients were included in this study of age range 14 - 70 years [38 male and 22 female]. Students administered local anesthesia on I I patients, house officers on 7 patients, demonstrators on 32 patients and on Assistant Professor 10 patients. Repetitions of anesthetic were observed in IS subjects. Anesthesia administered by an experienced operator is found to be more profound