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Mel Hawkins, DDS, BScD (AN) & Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD

Everybody would like to have the assurance that local anesthetic injections would work almost every time as planned.  It is possible; this video will help!  Regardless of your age and experience, who couldn’t benefit from having better local anesthetic expertise? Let Mel Hawkins and Gordon Christensen help you understand:

• Reasons for lack of effective anesthesia, especially on inferior alveolar blocks.
• The pros and cons of the conventional “mandibular” block.
• Alternatives and multi-task supplementation of injections with infiltrative techniques.
• The panacea or problem questions regarding articaine.
• Numerous other pertinent anesthesia questions are answered.

Upgrade your local anesthetic delivery techniques and please your patients and yourself!

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Table of Contents

• Prevalence of Need for Local Anesthesia
• Reasons for Local Anesthetic Failure
• Histology
• The Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Revisited
• Clinical Technique
• The Gow-Gates Mandibular Block
• Infiltration in the Mandible
• Is Articaine a Superior Local Anesthetic?
• Is Neurotoxicity an Issue with Articaine?
• Effects of Lidocaine and Articaine on Neuronal Survival and Recovery
• Tips to Reduce the Incidence of Near Misses or Misses
• Alternative Local Anesthesia Techniques
• The Future of Pain Control in Dentistry
• Conclusion

Item #: V3995