COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS OF INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE BLOCK AND GOW GATES TECHNIQUE IN MANDIBULAR MOLAR TEETH WITH IRREVERSIBLE PULPITIS.

Local anaesthetics are the most important and most utilized agents in the dental profession today. Achieving effective pain control holds a prime importance for any dental procedure. The most commonly employed technique to achieve effective anaesthesia in mandibular molar teeth with irreversible pulpitis is Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block. However, in some cases this technique may not prove successful and the clinician may have to resort to alternative methods of achieving effective anaesthesia. Our study aims to compare two different techniques employed for anaesthesia, i.e., the conventional Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block and the alternative Gow Gates Technique in achieving effective anaesthesia in mandibular molar teeth.