Chairside - Glidewell Dental Labs
Chairside - Glidewell Dental Labs
Chairside - Glidewell Dental Labs
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PRODUCT ....... Marcaine ®<br />
Dr. DiTolla’s<br />
CLINICAL TIPS<br />
CATEGORY ...... Local Anesthetic<br />
SOURCE .......... Cooke-Waite Anesthetics<br />
Rochester, NY<br />
800-933-8031<br />
www.kodakdentalsystems.com<br />
It’s about time Marcaine gets a little love! I write a<br />
lot about how much I like Septocaine ® because I use<br />
it in the Rapid Anesthesia Technique, however, that<br />
technique is for single mandibular molars or two adjacent<br />
mandibular molars. There are many cases, of<br />
course, that either still require lower blocks or are in<br />
the maxilla. Most of the cases I do are three to five<br />
crowns at a time, and the more teeth you prep the better<br />
the chance there will be more than one surprise<br />
you have to contend with, which always lengthens the<br />
treatment time. Marcaine gives you pulpal and soft tissue<br />
anesthesia that typically lasts two to three times<br />
longer than lidocaine—in many patients lasting up to<br />
seven hours. Typically on a larger case the patient will<br />
be with us for three to four hours, and I don’t want<br />
the local anesthetic to wear off on the drive home. We<br />
encourage the patient to take 800 mg of ibuprofen<br />
before leaving the office so that it kicks in as the Marcaine<br />
wears off.<br />
Septocaine is a registered trademark of Septodont.<br />
Dr. DiTolla’s Clinical Tips13