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Article Category: Other
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015

Anesthetic Efficacy of Meperidine in Teeth With Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis

DDS, MS,
DDS,
DDS, MS,
DDS,
DDS, MS, and
DDS
Page Range: 14 – 19
DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006-62.1.14
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Abstract

Achieving adequate pulpal anesthesia in mandibular teeth is always a challenge. Supplementary injections and using drugs in combination are some methods implemented to overcome this hurdle. In this randomized clinical trial, use of meperidine in conjunction with lidocaine in intraligamentary injection did not exhibit significant improvement in anesthesia.

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Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to Dr Reza Hamedy, DDS, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024; rhamedy@ucla.edu; DDS.Hamedy@gmail.com.
Received: Oct 13, 2013
Accepted: Jan 10, 2015