TY - JOUR
T1 - The twin block
T2 - A simple technique to block both the masseteric and the anterior deep temporal nerves with one anesthetic injection
AU - Quek, Samuel
AU - Young, Andrew
AU - Subramanian, Gayathri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The objective of this article is to describe a new technique to anesthetize the masseter muscle and the temporalis muscle using a single extraoral approach. The block targets both the masseteric and the deep temporal nerves as they leave the infratemporal fossa to innervate the deep surfaces of their respective muscles.
AB - The objective of this article is to describe a new technique to anesthetize the masseter muscle and the temporalis muscle using a single extraoral approach. The block targets both the masseteric and the deep temporal nerves as they leave the infratemporal fossa to innervate the deep surfaces of their respective muscles.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.01.227
DO - 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.01.227
M3 - Article
C2 - 24703404
AN - SCOPUS:84929129732
SN - 2212-4403
VL - 118
SP - e65-e67
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
IS - 3
ER -