II. Indication
- Upper lip Anesthesia
III. Technique
- Forms two lines of Anesthesia
- Each line connects mouth angle to same side nasal ala
- Infiltrate with total of 5-10 cc of 1% Lidocaine
- Insert needle at right mouth angle
- Direct needle superiorly toward right nasal ala
- Infiltrate from mouth angle to nasal ala
- Repeat from left mouth angle to left nasal ala
IV. References
- Moy in Pfenninger (1994) Procedures, p. 145-55
- Salam (2004) Am Fam Physician 69(3):585-90 [PubMed]