Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block - Instructions
Step 1: Apply topical anesthetic as discussed earlier to make entry with the needle more comfortable.
Step 2: Retract the lip/cheek and with the same hand, palpate the coronoid notch with your thumb.
Step 3: With your syringe, enter at an angle in which you are approaching from the contralateral incisor.
Step 4: Insert the needle about 1-2cm posterior to your thumb.
Step 5: Inject 1-3mL of local anesthetic.
By Vytas Karalius, MD
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