Numb lips, a bitten cheek, slurred words. For years dentists haven't had much choice about causing such temporary discomforts with a nerve block in patients needing mandibular procedures. But recent ...

Buccal infiltration with 4% articaine may achieve a comparable anesthetic effect to inferior alveolar nerve block with 2% lidocaine when performing pulp therapy in kids' lower jaw molars, reports a ...

Supplemental infiltration injections with articaine are more effective than the same type of injection with lidocaine after the initial failure of an inferior alveolar nerve block, a new study shows.

A nerve block, or neural blockade, is a method of producing anesthesia — a loss of feeling used to prevent or control pain. Nerve blocks can be surgical or nonsurgical. Nonsurgical nerve blocks ...

A combination of two nerve blocks reduced immediate postsurgery opioid use in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients by about 35% compared with use of a transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (T-QLB) ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Exparel (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) to include both single-dose sciatic nerve ...

A nerve block works by preventing pain signals from reaching the brain. There are permanent and temporary options. Both are generally safe procedures. Nerve blocks are an effective way to prevent, ...