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SOPIRA® Citoject® Syringes
Citoject syringe for intraligamentary anaesthesia injections with pinpoint precision
SOPIRA Citoject makes intraligamentary injections even easier for you and more comfortable for your patients – an outstanding innovative design available in stainless steel or light alloy.
Benefits
It’s a good feeling to know you offer optimised care:
- Balanced weight distribution for stable handling and precision
- The integrated plastic sleeve offers added safety
- The stainless steel models can be thoroughly cleaned and sterilised along with all other stainless steel instruments used in your surgery
- The ultimate in quality and durability thanks to a one-year warranty for Citoject products
- Unparalleled control for injection: just 0.06 ml of anaesthetic at the press of the lever
- Available in stainless steel or light alloy, with straight or angled headpiece, and for 1.8 ml or 2.2 ml glass cartridges.
- Choose from our range of different sets or put together your own, custom model in combination with our accessories.
Science
SOPIRA® – Making intraligamentary anaesthesia your preferred method
Minimised stress thanks to pinpointed single-tooth anaesthesia
Unlike nerve block and infiltration anaesthesia, intraligamentary anaesthesia (ILA) achieves an immediate and complete anaesthetising of the single tooth by injecting the local anaesthetic directly into the periodontal ligament of the tooth that is to be anaesthetised. The pain of injection is minimised and the cardiovascular system is not subjected to unnecessary stress.
The intraligamentary injection technique:
The injection is performed using an ILA needle with a particularly short bevel, inserted into the desmodontal space at an angle between 10° and 30°. Syringes (e.g. Citoject) developed specifically for intraligamentary anaesthesia make it possible to overcome the interstitial resistance in the dense desmodontal tissue.
For each root of the tooth being treated, only 0.2 ml of anaesthetic is administered very slowly (for at least 20 seconds). The anaesthetic quickly spreads intraosseously throughout the fenestrations of the lamina cribriformis and reaches the pulp in about 30 seconds (Smith and Walton, 1983; Tagger et al., 1994). The anaesthetic takes effect almost immediately and lasts for an average of 30 minutes (Kaufman et al., 1984).
Possible uses for intraligamentary anaesthesia:
- Single-tooth treatment (fillings, crown preparation)
- Endodontic treatment (including vital extirpations)
- Differential diagnosis of uncertain pulp-related problems, extractions and osteotomies (Langbein et al., 2012)
- Risk patients with cardiac limitations (Garfunkel et al., 1985)
- Patients with haemorrhagic diathesis (Stoll and Bührmann 1983, Moore et al., 2011)
- In the practice: When treating children: mitigating anxiety potential (“needle-phobia”) (Einwag, 1982), avoiding post-injection trauma.
Accessories
SOPIRA – Citoject sets for an all-in-one syringe solution
Adapted to meet key market standards, SOPIRA gives you complete syringe sets in various designs. Select the appropriate set from our different models or select from the following accessories to create your preferred design.
For 1.8 ml glass cartridges
- SOPIRA Citoject set, light alloy (pointed plunger)
- SOPIRA Citoject set, light alloy (flat plunger)
- SOPIRA Citoject set, stainless steel (pointed plunger)
SOPIRA® Citoject – create your individual Citoject range
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Head pieces with threads for needles. Deliverable in two sizes for 1.8ml and 2.2.ml anaesthetic glass cartridges. The head pieces are available with straight or angled attachments. The attachment that is angled at 30° matches the optimal insertion angle for ILA. |
The plastic sleeve prevents the glass cartridge from bursting under high pressure and is available for 1.8ml and 2.2 ml glass cartridges. |
Matching plungers are available as sharp or flat, depending on which type of glass cartridges are used (with an asymmetrical plunger and aspiration holes or with a flat plunger). Available in two sizes for 1.8ml and 2.2.ml anaesthetic glass cartridges. |
Both head pieces and hand pieces are made from stainless steel and light alloy. |
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