II. Indication
- Lower lip anesthesia
III. Technique
- Two lines of anesthesia, from chin to each mouth angle
- Two lines together with lower lip forms triangle
- Infiltrate with total of 10-15 cc of 1% Lidocaine
- Insert needle at chin midline
- Direct needle toward right mouth angle
- Infiltrate from chin to right mouth angle
- Withdraw and redirect needle to left mouth angle
- Infiltrate from chin to left mouth angle
- Direct needle toward right mouth angle
IV. References
- Moy in Pfenninger (1994) Procedures, p. 145-55
- Salam (2004) Am Fam Physician 69(3):585-90 [PubMed]
