Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 1032-1037 , May 2010

Is It Possible to Anesthetize Palatal Tissues With Buccal 4% Articaine Injection?

  • İlker Özeç, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Özeç: Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Dişhekimliği Fakültesi, ADÇH ve Cerrahisi AD, 58140, Sivas, Turkey
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  • Ufuk Taşdemir, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Research Assistant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
    • ,
  • Cesur Gümüş, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
    • ,
  • Orhan Solak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

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PII: S0278-2391(09)02170-3

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.12.023

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 1032-1037 , May 2010

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