FACTS & FICTIONS ABOUT LOCAL ANAESTHETIC FAILURES - A LITERATURE REVIEW & SUGGESTED PROTOCOL TO COUNTERACT

Abstract

The goal of today's modern dental practise is painless procedure however local anaesthetic failure is an unavoidable aspect of dental practice. A number of factors contribute to this, which may be related to either the patient or the operator. Patient-dependent factors may be anatomical, pathological or psychological. This paper emphasise on the failure of inferior alveolar nerve block and modalities to overcome the failure.