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Lower Lip Nerve Block
Aka: Lower Lip Nerve Block, Regional Anesthesia of Lower Lip
- See Also
- Upper Lip Nerve Block
- Regional Anesthesia (Nerve Block)
- Local Skin Anesthesia
- Field Block
- Hematoma Block
- Digital Block
- Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Indication
- Lower lip Anesthesia
- 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
- References
- Moy in Pfenninger (1994) Procedures, p. 145-55
- Salam (2004) Am Fam Physician 69(3):585-90 [PubMed]