Active Ingredient: Mepivacaine
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
Periodontal, 0.75 milligrams mepivacaine per kilogram of body weight, one dose.
Children from 4 years of age (ca. 20kg body weight) and older.
Recommended therapeutic dose: The quantity to be injected should be determined by the age and weight of the child and by the magnitude of the operation. The average dosage is 0.75 mg/kg =0.025 ml of mepivacaine solution per kg body weight.
Maximum recommended dosage: Do not exceed the equivalent of 3 mg mepivacaine/kg (0.1 ml mepivacaine/kg) of body weight.
The table below illustrates the maximum recommended dose:
| Equivalent in cartridge numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | Mepivacaine dose (mg) | Volume (ml) | 1.8 ml |
| 20 | 60 | 2 | 1.1 |
| 30 | 90 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 40 | 120 | 4 | 2.2 |
| 50 | 150 | 5 | 2.8 |
Infiltration and perineural use in oral cavity.
The rate of injection should not exceed 1 ml of solution per minute.
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