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chapter 1: an introduction to local
anesthesia for the DH, Chapter 1 - Local
Anesthesia in Dental Hygiene Practice
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
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____________is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience and
can be thought of as one of the oldest of all dental problems
Ans: pain
_____________creates a numbing feeling that eliminates the feeling of
sensation in a specific area without loss of consciousness
Ans: local anesthesia
_________________ is the mechanism that alleviates pain
Ans: pain control
___ pertains to the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and
discomfort results
Ans: pain threshold
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___ is a neurologic experience of pain
Ans: pain perception
___ is the personal interpretation and response to the pain message
and is highly variable among individuals
Ans: pain reaction
A tool used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and
feelings such as pain is the ____
Ans: (VAS) Visual Analog Scale
____ is a measurement instrument that attempts to measure pain
believed to range across a continuum of values that cannot easily be
directly measured
Ans: Visual Analogy Scale
____ helps dental hygienists understand the relationship between
human-need fulfillment and human behavior.
Ans: The human-needs paradigm
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___ is a physical and emotional response to a particular situation.The
response to this is often termed fight or flight and occurs
automatically.
Ans: Stress
What were the drugs used in the past to reduce pain?
Ans: -alcohol
-cannabis
-Henbane
-Mandragora
-Opium
a psychoactive drug that is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages
Ans: alcohol
a psychoactive drug that comes from a plant
Ans: cannabis
a psychoactive drug that comes from a plant that was used in
combination with other plants
Ans: Henbane
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a plant that has been used for sedative and pain-killing effects.
Ans: mandragora
a plant, related to opiates, known for psychoactive and pain-killing
effects
Ans: opium
___ was the most useful for pain control
Ans: opium
when was cocaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1884
When was procaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1905
When was lidocaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1943
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chapter 1: an introduction to local
anesthesia for the DH, Chapter 1 - Local
Anesthesia in Dental Hygiene Practice
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
____________is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience and
can be thought of as one of the oldest of all dental problems
Ans: pain
_____________creates a numbing feeling that eliminates the feeling of
sensation in a specific area without loss of consciousness
Ans: local anesthesia
_________________ is the mechanism that alleviates pain
Ans: pain control
___ pertains to the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and
discomfort results
Ans: pain threshold
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___ is a neurologic experience of pain
Ans: pain perception
___ is the personal interpretation and response to the pain message
and is highly variable among individuals
Ans: pain reaction
A tool used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and
feelings such as pain is the ____
Ans: (VAS) Visual Analog Scale
____ is a measurement instrument that attempts to measure pain
believed to range across a continuum of values that cannot easily be
directly measured
Ans: Visual Analogy Scale
____ helps dental hygienists understand the relationship between
human-need fulfillment and human behavior.
Ans: The human-needs paradigm
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___ is a physical and emotional response to a particular situation.The
response to this is often termed fight or flight and occurs
automatically.
Ans: Stress
What were the drugs used in the past to reduce pain?
Ans: -alcohol
-cannabis
-Henbane
-Mandragora
-Opium
a psychoactive drug that is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages
Ans: alcohol
a psychoactive drug that comes from a plant
Ans: cannabis
a psychoactive drug that comes from a plant that was used in
combination with other plants
Ans: Henbane
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |4
a plant that has been used for sedative and pain-killing effects.
Ans: mandragora
a plant, related to opiates, known for psychoactive and pain-killing
effects
Ans: opium
___ was the most useful for pain control
Ans: opium
when was cocaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1884
When was procaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1905
When was lidocaine introduced to LA?
Ans: 1943
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