Buffered Lidocaine With Sodium Bicarbonate did not Increase Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Success Rate in Patients Having Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2016 Mar;16(1):59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2016.01.003. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Effect of buffered 4% lidocaine on the success of the inferior alveolar nerve block in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Schellenberg J, Drum M, Reader A, Nusstein J, Fowler S, Beck M. J Endod 2015;41(6):791-6.

Source of funding: The study was supported by Meyers/Reader Graduate Endodontic Support Fund

Type of study/design: Double blinded randomized controlled trial.

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Humans
  • Lidocaine*
  • Mandibular Nerve / drug effects
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulpitis*
  • Sodium Bicarbonate

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Sodium Bicarbonate
  • Lidocaine