Articaine ID Blocks and the ‘CIA Technique’ for Local Anaesthetic – PDP143

There is a massive trend of Dentists ditching ID blocks in favour of articaine buccal infiltrations. For many that are still using ID blocks routinely, they are afraid of using Articaine due to fear of paraesthesia.

Should we be doing less ID blocks? And when we do, is it ACTUALLY harmful to use articaine or is that a myth?

I have to admit, the main reason I heavily switched to buccal articaine was to avoid ID blocks.

Dr. Wayne William, our straight-talking, no-BS Prosthodontist guest will bust some myths and improve your daily delivery of safe and effective local anaesthesia.

In this episode he taught us the Crestal Intraosseous Approach (CIA), a technique developed by Dr. Wayne to improve our buccal infiltrations.

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“There is no such thing as a periodontal ligament injection” Dr. Wayne Williams

Highlights of this episode:

• 3:02 The Protrusive Dental Pearl
• 5:49 Dr. Wayne Williams’ Introduction
• 8:06 Buccal infiltration with articaine for lower molars
• 13:09 Crestal Intraosseous Approach (CIA)
• 22:28 ID Blocks – is it safe?
• 28:13 Hitting Bone while giving injections – safe or not?
• 31:04 Failure rate for ID Blocks

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If you enjoyed this episode, check out Hot Pulps, Painless Palatals and ID Block Failures