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Broadening Clinical Perspectives on Inferior Alveolar Nerve Blocks

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In addition to the conventional Halsted inferior alveolar nerve block and two well-known alternatives, this discussion will examine key features of other mandibular block techniques and short needle approaches.

AGD Subject Code: 340

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss the application of the Halsted inferior alveolar nerve block (HIANB)and its clinical success rate.
  2. Explain factors that can impact the development of anesthesia, as well as the use of HIANB alternatives.
  3. Describe the short needle inferior alveolar and lingual nerve block technique.

This course was issued in February 2023 and expires February 2026. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.


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Arthur C. DiMarco, DMD, is director and an affiliate assistant professor in the Regional Initiatives in Dental Education program at the University of Washington School of Dentistry in Spokane. He is also a professor of dental hygiene at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. DiMarco is a coauthor of the textbook Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals. He can be reached at adimarco@ewu.edu.


Lorie Speer, RDH, MSDH, is an associate professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Eastern Washington University.


Kathy Bassett, RDH, MEd, is a professor of dental hygiene at Pierce College in Lakewood, Washington, and an affiliate professor in the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Dentistry in Seattle. Bassett is a coauthor of Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals.


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