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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

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