Orabloc | Articaine hydrochloride 4% and epinephrine 1:100,000.

Description

Description:

Suitable for infiltrative or conductive local anesthesia in simple and complex dental procedures…

Indications and usage

Orabloc® is a combination of articaine HCl, an amide local anesthetic, and epinephrine, a vasoconstrictor, indicated for local, infiltrative, or conductive anesthesia in both simple and complex dental procedures in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older 

Dosage and administration

For dental procedures by intraoral submucosal infiltration or nerve block (2.1):

For infiltration: 0.5 mL-2.5 mL (20 mg-100 mg articaine HCl) (2.1)
For nerve block: 0.5 mL-3.4 mL (20 mg-136 mg articaine HCl) (2.1)
For oral surgery: 1 ml-5.1 mL (40 mg-204 mg articaine HCl) (2.1)
 
For most routine dental procedures, ORABLOC containing epinephrine 1:200,000 is preferred. However, when more pronounced homeostasis or improved visualization of the surgical field are required, ORABLOC containing epinephrine 1:100,000 may be used.(2.1)
 
Maximum recommended dosages (2.2):

Healthy adults: 7 mg/kg of articaine HCl and 0.0017mg/kg of epinephrine (equivalent to 0.175 mL/kg for either product presentation, articaine HCl and epinephrine 1:100,000 or 1:200,000)
Pediatric patients 4-16 years: 7 mg/kg of articaine HCl and 0.0017mg/kg of epinephrine (equivalent to 0.175 mL/kg for either product presentation, articaine HCl and epinephrine 1:100,000 or 1:200,000)

Contraindications

Known hypersensitivity to sulfite