Evaluation of lidocaine and mepivacaine for inferior third molar surgery.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to compare 2% lidocaine and 2% mepivacaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine for postoperative pain control.


METHODS
A group of 35 patients, both genders were recruited, whose had ages ranged from 13 to 27 years-old and had two inferior third molars in similar positions to be extracted. The cartridges were distributed to the patients according to a randomised pattern, where lidocaine was in the control group and mepivacaine in the experimental group.


RESULTS
Results showed no significant association between the anesthetics and postoperative pain, pulp sensibility after one hour, gender, tooth position and duration of the surgical procedure.


CONCLUSIONS
It was shown that lidocaine and mepivacaine have similar time of anesthesia, they are adequate for surgical procedures that last one hour, and there was no difference between the two anesthetics in relation to the severety of post-operative pain.
Porto
Gabriela Granja
GG
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pernambuco, Recife-Brazil.
Vasconcelos
Belmiro Cavalcanti Do Egito
BC
Gomes
Ana Cláudia Amorim
AC
Albert
Daniela
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D008619:Mepivacaine; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine; D008619:Mepivacaine