CDCA Local Anesthesia Board Exam |
Questions and answers | 100% Correct |
Latest Guide 2026/2027
What injections are needed to scale the maxillary first molar?
- Correct Answer - PSA, MSA, GP
What injection is needed to scale the lingual aspects of the maxillary
incisors?
- Correct Answer - NP
What is the recommended rate of injection for local anesthesia?
- Correct Answer - 1 ml/min
What are the proper steps (in order) for treating a hematoma?
- Correct Answer - pressure, cold compress, NSAIDS, and time
Which local anesthesia blocks has the highest risk of hematoma after
administration (in order)?
- Correct Answer - PSA, IA, Mental
How do you properly dispose injection armementarium?
,- Correct Answer - in sharps container
What are some characteristics of a sharps container?
- Correct Answer - closable, puncture resistant, leak proof, color coded
What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia?
- Correct Answer - non keratinized mucous membrane
Which nerve when anesthetized provides soft tissue anesthesia of the
lower lip and chin?
- Correct Answer - mental nerve
What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma?
- Correct Answer - pressure
What root of the first molar is not always anesthetized via a PSA block?
- Correct Answer - mesiobuccal root
What is the most common cause of needle breakage?
- Correct Answer - bending the needle or patient movement
What function of vasoconstrictors aid in preventing overdose?
, - Correct Answer - slower rate of absorption
What is the recommended treatment for trismus (difficult opening jaw)?
- Correct Answer - hot compress and physical therapy
List the ester type local anesthetics.
- Correct Answer - procaine, benzocaine, tetracaine
List the amide type local anesthetics.
- Correct Answer - lidocaine, mepivacaine, prilocaine, articaine,
bupivacaine
What causes a burning sensation during an injection?
- Correct Answer - pH of solution and rate of injection
Which local anesthetic type is not recommended for patients with liver
failure?
- Correct Answer - amides
What is the percentage of lidocaine in a lidocaine patch?
- Correct Answer - 5%
Questions and answers | 100% Correct |
Latest Guide 2026/2027
What injections are needed to scale the maxillary first molar?
- Correct Answer - PSA, MSA, GP
What injection is needed to scale the lingual aspects of the maxillary
incisors?
- Correct Answer - NP
What is the recommended rate of injection for local anesthesia?
- Correct Answer - 1 ml/min
What are the proper steps (in order) for treating a hematoma?
- Correct Answer - pressure, cold compress, NSAIDS, and time
Which local anesthesia blocks has the highest risk of hematoma after
administration (in order)?
- Correct Answer - PSA, IA, Mental
How do you properly dispose injection armementarium?
,- Correct Answer - in sharps container
What are some characteristics of a sharps container?
- Correct Answer - closable, puncture resistant, leak proof, color coded
What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia?
- Correct Answer - non keratinized mucous membrane
Which nerve when anesthetized provides soft tissue anesthesia of the
lower lip and chin?
- Correct Answer - mental nerve
What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma?
- Correct Answer - pressure
What root of the first molar is not always anesthetized via a PSA block?
- Correct Answer - mesiobuccal root
What is the most common cause of needle breakage?
- Correct Answer - bending the needle or patient movement
What function of vasoconstrictors aid in preventing overdose?
, - Correct Answer - slower rate of absorption
What is the recommended treatment for trismus (difficult opening jaw)?
- Correct Answer - hot compress and physical therapy
List the ester type local anesthetics.
- Correct Answer - procaine, benzocaine, tetracaine
List the amide type local anesthetics.
- Correct Answer - lidocaine, mepivacaine, prilocaine, articaine,
bupivacaine
What causes a burning sensation during an injection?
- Correct Answer - pH of solution and rate of injection
Which local anesthetic type is not recommended for patients with liver
failure?
- Correct Answer - amides
What is the percentage of lidocaine in a lidocaine patch?
- Correct Answer - 5%
