%0 Journal Article
%T Occurrence of neurosensory disturbance after the use of articaine and lidocaine in the inferior alveolar nerve block: a double-blind randomised clinical trial.
%A Tabrizi R
%A Mazidi A
%A Sharifzadeh H
%A Khanzadeh H
%A Azadi A
%J Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
%V 62
%N 7
%D 2024 Sep 25
%M 39013713
%F 2.018
%R 10.1016/j.bjoms.2024.06.006
%X This double-blind, randomised clinical trial aimed to find out whether there is a difference in the prevalence of neurosensory disturbance (NSD) between patients who received 2% lidocaine and those who received 4% articaine during inferior alveolar nerve blocks (IANBs). Patients who underwent third molar extraction were randomised into two groups. IANB was performed using 2% lidocaine in Group 1 and 4% articaine in Group 2. The occurrence of NSD was documented. Patients were visited within 48 hours and one week after the tooth was removed. The type of anaesthetic drug (4% articaine versus 2% lidocaine) was the study's predictive factor. A total of 2400 patients were studied in two groups (1200 in each group). The mean (range) age of the patients was 28.40 (18-44) years. Five patients (0.41%) in the lidocaine group and seven (0.58%) in the articaine group had NSD after injection (p = 0.77). The prevalence of NSD after IANB was no higher in the articaine group than in the lidocaine group.