Facial Blocks

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van Lint’s block: Blocking the peripheral branches of facial nerve

O’Brien’s block: Facial nerve trunk block at the neck of mandible

Atkinson’s block: In it superior branches of the facial nerve are blocked by injecting anaesthetic solution at the inferior margin of the zygomatic bone.

Nadbath block: facial nerve is blocked as it leaves the skull through the stylomastoid foramen.