Does having a dental block before getting filler distort your face or affect getting the filler in any way?

Hey JanniePooh and thanks for your question- 

Great question! There are several things at play here and there are different approaches to it as well. 

1. The amount of anesthesia to perform a dental block is small. The block is also performed from usually 4 small injections in the mouth (2 for upper lips and 2 for lower lips). The injection can make the lower cheek just lateral to the nose swell- that's where we're injecting--- but the lips themselves should remain normal. 

2. many injectors mark the lips with pencils- the markings are done prior to injection so there is zero distortion. 



Trust you lips to an experienced injector who you trust!

Hope this helps and God Bless!

Dr. Robb

Think of what your face loooks like after a visit to the dentist with a dental block. Sometimes  there is no change of movement of lower face or drooping but sometimes there is. I prefer injecting with topical numbing and use of ice as I want to see the patients mobile face when I am injecting them. Others have no preference and do use a dental block .

I haven't done a dental block before filler in more than a decade. That is, as we say, very "old school". There are newer, more advanced techniques available, using microcannulas to deliver filler to the lip and perioral region, that make dental blocks ENTIRELY unnecessary. 

Best,

Lisa Vuich, MD