Regional Anesthesia in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral surgical and dental procedures are routinely performed in an outpatient setting. Regional anesthesia is the most common method to anesthetize the patient prior to office based procedures. Many techniques can be employed to achieve anesthesia of the dentition and surrounding hard and soft tissues of the maxilla and mandible. The type of procedure to be performed as well as the location of the procedure will determine the technique of anesthesia to be used.