Regional Analgesia for Oral Surgery in Rabbits.

Abstract

In both human and veterinary medicine, local anesthetics are commonly included in the analgesic/anesthetic protocols and contribute not only to the reduction of the painful stimuli at the site of the procedure but also to reducing the dose of general anesthetics. This article describes the techniques used during dental procedures in rabbits, namely, mandibular nerve block, mental nerve block, maxillary nerve block, infraorbital nerve block, an intraligamentary anesthesia. Examples of common procedures in rabbits that would benefit from local analgesia are extraoral and intraoral tooth/teeth extractions, apicoectomies, mass excisions, and biopsies in the rostral part of the head.