Anaesthetic Efficacy of 4% Articaine in Comparison with 2% Lidocaine as Intraligamentary Injections after an Ineffective Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Mandibular Molars with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Prospective Randomised Triple-Blind Clinical Trial

Table 3

Mean pulse rates before and after inferior alveolar nerve block and intraligamentary injections with articaine and lidocaine.

Variables	Technique	Mean ± SE	95% CI	value
Initial pulse rate	Articaine	81.78 ± 1.503	78.72–84.85	0.860
	Lidocaine	82.16 ± 79.11	79.11–85.20
Pulse rate after IANB	Articaine	86.81 ± 1.500	83.75–89.87	0.628
	Lidocaine	85.72 ± 1.671	82.31–89.13
Pulse rate after IL injection	Articaine	92.53 ± 1.503	89.47–95.60	0.463
	Lidocaine	90.84–1.720	87.33–94.35