Risk of Nerve Damage After Administration of Local Anesthesia

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-55
SponsorCleveland Dental Institute

About this trial

This research aims to evaluate of the risk of nerve damage following the administration of articaine 4% and lidocaine 2% for Inferior Alveolar nerve Block (IANB). A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial will be conducted where the patient will be randomly assigned to one the two groups; articaine 4% and Lidocaine 2%. The type of LA will be concealed to the operator, investigators and assessors. The patients will be monitored for any aigns of nerve parathesia for 3 months after the procedure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients with age between 18-55 years old

Patients need IANB

healthy patient

Disqualifiers

medical conditions

allergies

medications

pregnancy and breastfeeding

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 4% Articaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine
  • 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators