
|Articles|February 4, 2011
Today's Daily Dose: Dental nerve blocks
What is the best local anesthetic for intraoral regional analgesia?
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“The local anesthetic of choice for intraoral regional anesthetic blocks is bupivacaine hydrochloride because of its prolonged duration of action. Although bupivacaine has a six- to 12-minute lag until the onset of analgesia, the analgesia will last four to six hours.”
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-Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
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