Local Anesthesia CDCA Test Questions with Complete Solutions

Local Anesthesia CDCA Test Questions with Complete Solutions When performing an IA, how far should the needle penetrate? - ANSWER 2/3 How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - ANSWER Sharps Container What is the longest you should leave a lidocaine topical patch on? - ANSWER 15 mins What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14,15,16 - ANSWER MSA, PSA, GP What nerve supplies the tissue of the maxillary anterior lingual? - ANSWER Nasopalatine What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - ANSWER Mental A women has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection, what was the cause? - ANSWER Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins what is the immediate treatment in the office for a hematoma? - ANSWER Pressure, then ice What is the recommend treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? - ANSWER Ice then moist heat What causes trismus? - ANSWER Needle entering muscle What is the patient care for trismus? - ANSWER exercise the jaw, oral analgesics when does anesthetic shelf life end? - ANSWER when the date on the side of the cartridge states if you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - ANSWER mesial buccal root of the 1st molar V3 innervates all but? - ANSWER mental, IA, infraorbital, preauricular what would you not use for an intramural antiseptic on an injection site? - ANSWER Alcohol if you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do you do? - ANSWER retract the needle from bone, readjust the syringe so the needle is pointing more posteriorly along the mandible