A low dose of subperiosteal anaesthesia injection versus a high dose of infiltration anaesthesia to minimise the risk of nerve damage at implant placement: A randomised controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: No nerve damage occurred using either anaesthesia types, therefore the choice of type of anaesthesia is a subjective clinical decision, however it may be preferable to use a low dose (0.9 ml) of subperiosteal anaesthesia, since it is unnecessary to deliver 7.2 ml of articaine to anaesthetise a single mandibular molar implant site. PMID: 27022637 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27022637?dopt=Abstract

Source: European Journal of Oral Implantology - March 30, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sánchez-Siles M, Camacho-Alonso F, Salazar-Sánchez N, Aguinaga-Ontoso E, Muñoz JG, Calvo-Guirado JL Tags: Eur J Oral Implantol Source Type: research