{"title":"Assessing the Impact of Mandibular Molar Root Length on Success in Supplemental Intraligamentary Injection for Irreversible Pulpitis.","authors":"Marzieh Kamali, Masoud Parirokh, Hamed Manochehrifar, Nouzar Nakhaei","doi":"10.22037/iej.v19i1.42660","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study investigates the influence of root length in mandibular molars with irreversible pulpitis on the success of supplemental intraligamentary injection following an inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block. Various factors, including anatomical location, tooth type, and anesthetic solution, may affect supplemental anesthesia success.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A total of 251 patients diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis in mandibular first or second molars underwent buccal infiltration anesthesia (4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine) after IAN block injection (3% prilocaine and 0.03 IU/mL of felypressin). Fifty patients experiencing pain during access cavity preparation received supplemental intraligamentary injection (0.3 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine) at each mesial and distal line angle. The root length of treated teeth was recorded using an apex locator. Data analysis involved independent t-tests, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Successful supplemental intraligamentary injection was observed in 21 (42%) out of 50 patients. No significant correlation was found between the mean length of mesiobuccal (<i>P</i>=0.61), mesiolingual (<i>P</i>=0.34), or distal (<i>P</i>=0.60) canals of mandibular molars and the injection's success. Logistic regression analysis, however, revealed a significant impact of mesiolingual canal length on the success rate [OR 0.09 (0.01-0.79), <i>P</i>=0.030].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The root length of mandibular first and second molars does not significantly affect the success of supplemental intraligamentary injection.</p>","PeriodicalId":14534,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Endodontic Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787187/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Iranian Endodontic Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22037/iej.v19i1.42660","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Introduction: This study investigates the influence of root length in mandibular molars with irreversible pulpitis on the success of supplemental intraligamentary injection following an inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block. Various factors, including anatomical location, tooth type, and anesthetic solution, may affect supplemental anesthesia success.
Materials and methods: A total of 251 patients diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis in mandibular first or second molars underwent buccal infiltration anesthesia (4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine) after IAN block injection (3% prilocaine and 0.03 IU/mL of felypressin). Fifty patients experiencing pain during access cavity preparation received supplemental intraligamentary injection (0.3 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine) at each mesial and distal line angle. The root length of treated teeth was recorded using an apex locator. Data analysis involved independent t-tests, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression.
Results: Successful supplemental intraligamentary injection was observed in 21 (42%) out of 50 patients. No significant correlation was found between the mean length of mesiobuccal (P=0.61), mesiolingual (P=0.34), or distal (P=0.60) canals of mandibular molars and the injection's success. Logistic regression analysis, however, revealed a significant impact of mesiolingual canal length on the success rate [OR 0.09 (0.01-0.79), P=0.030].
Conclusion: The root length of mandibular first and second molars does not significantly affect the success of supplemental intraligamentary injection.
期刊介绍:
The Iranian Endodontic Journal (IEJ) is an international peer-reviewed biomedical publication, the aim of which is to provide a scientific medium of communication for researchers throughout the globe. IEJ aims to publish the highest quality articles, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of Endodontics. The journal is an official Journal of the Iranian Center for Endodontic Research (ICER) and the Iranian Association of Endodontists (IAE). The Journal welcomes articles related to the scientific or applied aspects of endodontics e.g. original researches, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, review articles, clinical trials, case series/reports, hypotheses, letters to the editor, etc. From the beginning (i.e. since 2006), the IEJ was the first open access endodontic journal in the world, which gave readers free and instant access to published articles and enabling them faster discovery of the latest endodontic research.