Dental Hygiene Local
Anesthesia exam pack 2024
Where mandibular nerve passes through in the skull - answer ✅✅Foramen Ovale
Where nasopalatine nerve passes through - answer ✅✅Incisive Foramen
Maxillary division of Trigeminal Nerve is - answer ✅✅Sensory
Nerve NOT associated with the mandibular nerve branch - answer ✅✅Infraorbital nerve
Teeth that PSA innervates - answer ✅✅1st, 2nd, and 3rd maxillary molars, but may not innervate MB
root of the maxillary 1st molar
What injection is needed to anesthetize linguals of max anteriors - answer ✅✅Nasopalatine
, What injections are needed to anesthetize the entire palate on one side - answer ✅✅Greater Palatine
and Nasopalatine
How far do you insert the needle on an IANB? - answer ✅✅20-25 mm or 3/4 the length of the needle
What happens during depolarization? - answer ✅✅Sodium in and Potassium out
When do you aspirate? - answer ✅✅Right before anesthetic is to be deposited
Which local anesthetic is metabolized by pseudocholinesterase? - answer ✅✅Esters
Topical anesthetics are least effective on? - answer ✅✅Keratinized tissues
Which is true of topical anesthetics? - answer ✅✅No systemic problems
Which has the highest occurrence of allergic reactions - answer ✅✅Ester option; Benzocaine.
What is the significance of giving an amide anesthetic to a patient with cirrhosis? - answer ✅✅Due to
amide anesthetics being metabolized by the liver.
What is the landmark for the IANB injection? - answer ✅✅Coronoid notch
Psychogenic pain - answer ✅✅No organic base for the pain
Max epi dose for cardiac & normal pt - answer ✅✅Cardiac- .04mg
Normal- .2mg
What is trismus? - answer ✅✅Limited opening of mouth
Management of hematoma - answer ✅✅Cold compression and pressure to bleeding site