What is Orabloc articaine?
Orabloc (articaine HCl and epinephrine) is a combination an amide local anesthetic and a vasoconstrictor indicated for local, infiltrative, or conductive anesthesia in both simple and complex dental procedures in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older.
Why is articaine used in dentistry?
Clinical use Articaine is used for pain control. Like other local anesthetic drugs, articaine causes a transient and completely reversible state of anesthesia (loss of sensation) during (dental) procedures. In dentistry, articaine is used mainly for infiltration injections.
Is Septocaine and articaine the same thing?
Septocaine (articaine HCl and epinephrine) Injection is a numbing medicine used as an anesthetic for dental procedures. Septocaine is available in generic form.
Is articaine the same as mepivacaine?
Conclusions. Articaine is an effective anaesthetic with a rapid onset, comparable to mepivacaine in infiltrative techniques used for maxillary teeth extraction. However, articaine has clinically achieved faster dental anaesthesia and earlier teeth extraction than mepivacaine.
Does Articaine have epinephrine in it?
Articaine HCl and Epinephrine contains epinephrine, a vasoconstrictor that can cause local or systemic toxicity and should be used cautiously.
Does Articaine contain sulfa?
Articaine and Allergy As articaine possesses a sulfur-containing thiophene ring (Figure 1) this author is frequently asked if a patient having a sulfa, sulfite or sulfur allergy represents a contraindication to its administration. The answer is ‘no’.
Is articaine used in dentistry?
Dentistry. Articaine has been widely used in dental surgery. Dentists started to use carticaine around 1977. In dentistry, articaine has been investigated extensively.
Is Articaine used in dentistry?
When do you take mepivacaine dental?
Mepivacaine is indicated for production of local anesthesia for dental procedures by infiltration or nerve block in adults and pediatric patients.