03 June 2026 : Clinical Research
Modified Mylohyoid Nerve Anesthesia/Block With 4% Articaine and Dexamethasone Versus Halstead’s IANB With 2% Lidocaine in Mandibular Molar Surgery: A Comparative Analysis of Efficacy and Safety Outcomes
Kristina Burić ABE 1*, Simona Stojanović C 1, Miloš Tijanic CD 1, Nikola Burić BE 2DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951821
Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951821
Table 2 Monitored anesthetic variables of operated patients enrolled for the evaluation. Monitored anesthetic variables of operated patients enrolled for the evaluation of anesthetic effectiveness (median values).
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | P1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||||
| Onset (min) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2,5 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.390 |
| Intraoperative pain VAS (mm) | 3.5 | 2.2 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 14.2 | 8 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 0.232 |
| Quality of anesthesia score (QAS) | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.168 |
| Duration of anesthesia (min) (DOA) | 189.5 | 134.5 | 304.8 | 216.5 | 143.5 | 261 | 219 | 167.2 | 294.8 | 0.6012 |
| # of injections | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.521 |
| Volume of anesthetics (ml) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.716 |
| % anesthesia effectiveness | 21/20 | 23/20 | 24/20 | 0.453 | ||||||
| (# number of administered anesthesia/number of successful anesthesia) | 95.20% | 86.90% | 83.30% | |||||||
| 1 Chi-squared test; 2 Kruskal-Wallis test. IQR – interquartile range. | ||||||||||