Abstract
IntroductionEpinephrine potentiates and prolongs the efficacy of local anesthetics by reducing blood flow. We investigated the effect of epinephrine on the pharmacokinetics of lidocaine and the pulpal blood volume after maxillary infiltration anesthesia in rats. MethodsWe measured the 14C-radioactivity and 14C-distribution in the maxilla and the dental pulp after the injection of 2% 14C-lidocaine with or without 10 μg/mL epinephrine (n = 7) into the palatine mucosa proximal to the first molar. The blood volume in the pulp was measured using 99mTc-pertechnetate (n = 5). ResultsWhen lidocaine was injected together with epinephrine, the lidocaine became widely distributed throughout the maxilla and was observed mainly in the first molar pulp. The lidocaine amount in the dental pulp at 10–60 minutes was more than 2 times higher than that after the injection of lidocaine alone. The relative pulpal blood volume after 20 minutes decreased to 63.1% of the value after the injection of lidocaine alone. ConclusionsWe found that lidocaine had infiltrated into the molar pulp after infiltration anesthesia. Furthermore, our results suggested that epinephrine augmented the retention of lidocaine in the pulp.
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