John S Isaac, Navid Rashid Qureshi, Aurangzeb L Khan.
Experience of operator in relation to administration of Inferioralveolar Nerve Block.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;12(4):224-6.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of inferior alveolar block in relation to the experience of the operator. PATIENTS & METHOD: It was a cross-sectional comparative study carried out in the Oral Surgery Department of Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry, Karachi, Pakistan. SUBJECTS: Sixty patients were included in this study of age range 14 - 70 years (38 male and 22 female). RESULTS: Students administered local anesthesia on I I patients, house officers on 7 patients, demonstrators on 32 patients and on Assistant Professor 10 patients. Repetitions of anesthetic were observed in IS subjects. CONCLUSION: Anesthesia administered by an experienced operator is found to be more profound.

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