Efficacy and Reliability of Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) for Surgical Removal of Impacted Wisdom Teeth: A Comparative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Single tooth anesthesia via intra-ligamentary injections has long been used to provide localized pain control with minimal discomfort while avoiding undesirable effects like lip numbness, mainly in pediatric population with definite success. In this study, we aimed to assess the efficacy of single tooth anesthesia (STA) via intra-ligamentary injections using WAND^® STA in the surgical removal of impacted third molar.

Methodology

Sixty patients were randomly divided into two groups of 30 each where Group I (study group) received local anesthesia via STA system with 4% articaine and Group II (control group) received conventional injection, that is, inferior alveolar nerve block, (IANB) with 4% articaine. Assessment of the effectiveness of the anesthesia

SUBMITTER: Ramanathan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831014 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature