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             unreliable aspiration test
25-gauge needle
27-gauge needle
30-gauge needle
For injection techniques with a greater 
likelihood
of positive aspiration  
can be used in lieu of a 25-gauge needle
as it provides relatively reliable 
aspiration
should be avoided when
injections are administered into more 
vascular areas of the oral cavity
Aspirate in at least two planes before injection
After the initial aspiration, rotate the syringe about 45 degrees (up or down) to reorient the needle bevel relative to the 
wall of the blood vessel, and reaspirate
Slowly inject the anesthetic (the most important factor in 
preventing ADRs from intravascular administration—even more 
important than aspiration)
•
Rapid intravascular injection of 1.8 mL of a 2% local anesthetic 
solution produces a blood level in excess of that necessary for 
overdose
•
Definition of Rapid injection : administration of the entire volume of 
a dental cartridge in 30 seconds or less
•
The same volume of anesthetic deposited intravascularly slowly (minimum of 60 seconds) produces slightly elevated blood 
levels that are still below the minimum for serious overdose (seizure)
•
the observed signs and symptoms will be less severe than those noted following more rapid injection
•
The ideal rate of local anesthetic administration is 1.0 mL/min (corresponds to deposition of a 1.8-mL cartridge in not less 
than 60 seconds)
Swiss-Cheese Model ?
Review of the too many cases that resulted in serious morbidity or death reveals a 
number of shared factors, none of which in themselves might pose a serious problem; 
however, when added together, they act to produce clinical signs and symptoms of local 
anesthetic overdose.
1. Treatment plan where all four quadrants are treated with local anesthetic at one visit.
2. Local anesthetic administered is a plain solution (no vasoconstrictor).
3. Full cartridges (1.8 mL) administered with each injection.
4. Local anesthetic administered to all four quadrants at one time.
5. Exceeding the maximum dose based on patient’s body weight.
So what are those factors?
Treatment Plan
Choice of LA
Volume of LA 
administrated
LA administrated to all 4 
quadrants at one time
Exceeding the maximum dose 
based on patient’s body weight
Case example : A  young 2 to 6 
years), lightweight (<30 kg 
[<66 lb]), and well-Behaved
requiring multiple procedures 
in four quadrants:
•
treat all four quadrants at 
one visit using local 
anesthesia alone?
Here an unexperienced 
general dentist might feel 
pressured into agreeing to this 
request from the child’s 
parents , thus increasing the 
risk for local anesthetic 
overdose.
•
Limiting treatment to one 
or two quadrants per 
visit?
A pediatric dentist would go 
for this more rational 
approach for the  patient’s 
needs and safety 
In Pediatrics :

Use of “plain” LA  either 3% 
mepivacaine (usually) or 4% 
prilocaine? 
(1) most pediatric appointments 
are of short duration
(2)  shorter duration of residual 
soft tissue anesthesia, 

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