Feasibility of permanent maxillary tooth removal using articaine anesthesia without palatal injection / 华西口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>This study was to test the feasibility of permanent maxillary tooth removal using articaine without a second palatal injection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Of 104 patients, 38 patients had bilateral extraction and 66 patients had unilateral extraction of maxillary tooth. In the test group, 1.7 mL articaine with 1100000 epinephrine was injected into the buccal vestibule of the tooth and the tooth were extracted after 5 minutes. In the control group, the patients were subjected to both palatal injection with 2% lidocaine hydrochloride and buccal injection with articaine. All patients completed visual analog scales (VAS) after extraction.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The achievement ratio of permanent maxillary tooth anesthesia of test group was 96.2%. The achievement ratio of permanent maxillary tooth anesthesia of control group was 97.1%. There was no statistical significance between achievement ratio of test group and control group(P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Permanent maxillary tooth removal without palatal injection is possible by articaine injection to the buccal vestibule of the tooth.</p>