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A total of 110 single-use needles were allocated to an unused descriptive control set (n = 5), infiltrative local anesthesia (ILA; n = 35), direct inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia (DIANBA; n = 35), and indirect inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia (IIANBA; n = 35). After one clinical application, tips were evaluated for bevel edge irregularity (BEI), tip axis deviation (TAD), and bevel edge microstructural breakdown (BEMB). Inferential analyses were restricted to the three equally sized clinical groups. BEI occurred in 5.7%, 28.6%, and 45.7% of the ILA, DIANBA, and IIANBA groups, respectively (overall p = 0.0007; Cramer\u2019s V = 0.371). After Holm adjustment, BEI differed between ILA and DIANBA (adjusted p = 0.0469) and between ILA and IIANBA (adjusted p = 0.0007). TAD frequencies were 14.3%, 34.3%, and 40.0% (overall p = 0.0466; V = 0.242), but no pairwise comparison remained significant after adjustment. BEMB frequencies were 22.9%, 40.0%, and 45.7%, with no statistically significant overall difference (p = 0.117). 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