Published Online:
January 21, 2009
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:
To determine what is the most effective local anaesthetic formulation for operative dental anaesthesia.
Our primary objective is to test
- the adequacy of anaesthesia in patients when using different local anaesthetic formulations for operative dental anaesthesia;
- the speed of onset and duration of anaesthesia in patients when using different local anaesthetic formulations for operative dental anaesthesia;
- systemic and local adverse effects associated with dental local anaesthetic.
We define adequacy of anaesthesia as the absence of pain during a dental procedure, or a negative response to electric pulp testing.
We define operative dental anaesthesia as anaesthesia at the time of an operative intervention.
Our secondary objective is to report on
- patients' experience of the procedures carried out;
- the influence of modifying factors on efficacy of local anaesthetic formulations.