Allow patient to close jaw and relax rest of facial muscles
Dry area and apply topical anesthetic
Retract lip or cheek until mucobuccal fold is fully exposed
Puncture the mucobuccal fold with the bevel of the needle facing the tooth
Aspirate, then inject 1 to 2 mL of local anesthetic at the apex of the tooth
Goal is to allow anesthetic to penetrate the cortex of bone to reach the nerve of the individual tooth
Nerve block: Supraperiosteal
Nerve block: Lingual
Nerve block: Intrascalene
Nerve block: Auricular
Nerve Block: Supraorbital
Nerve Block: Infraorbital
Nerve Block: Inferior Alveolar
Nerve Block: Femoral