Background: Local anesthesia is the temporary loss of sensation or pain in one part of the body produced by a topically applied or injected agent without depressing the level of consciousness. Hence, we planned the present study to evaluate and comparethe efficacy of lignocaine for dental procedures with or without bupivacaine. Materials & methods: We planned the present study to compare the efficacy of lignocaine for dental procedures with or without bupivacaine. A total of 60 patients scheduled to undergo dental extraction were included in the present study. All the patients were broadly divided into two broad study groups; Group A- Included patients who were given 2% Lidocaine with epinephrine, andGroup B- Included patients who were given 2% lidocaine with epinephrine and 0.5% bupivacaine.Efficacy of the local anaesthetic solution was checked by pulp tester. The pulp tester displayed the output from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 80. All the results were recorded and analysed by SPSS software. Results: Mean anaesthetic time for patients of group A and group B was 45.3 minutes and 68.3 minutes respectively. Significant results were obtained while comparing the mean anaesthetic time in between the two study groups. Conclusion: Lignocaine when used with bupivacaine has significantly longer duration of action in comparison to lignocaine alone.
Key words: Bupivacaine, Dental, Lignocaine.

Received: 15 April, 2018                               Revised: 18 April, 2018                         Accepted: 10 May, 2018

Corresponding Author: Dr. Manzoor Mohd Dar, Registrar, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GDC Srinagar, India
This article may be cited as: Dar MM, Khanam R, Najar AL, Hakeem T, Mujtuba SM. Comparison of Lignocaine for Dental Procedures with or without Bupivacaine: A Comparative Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(3):65-67.