Local Anesthesia -CDCA Board Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - Correct
Answers -.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - Correct Answers -Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - Correct Answers -Sharpes
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What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - Correct Answers -
15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - Correct Answers -Non
keratinized mucosal membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - Correct Answers -
PSA, MSA, Greater Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - Correct Answers -The
Naso Palatine Nerve
Local anesthetics decrease depolarization phase of the action potential. What happens
during depolarization? - Correct Answers -Sodium and potassium cells are unbalanced
What is the difference between a nerve block and local infiltration? - Correct Answers -
The nerve block anesthetizes an entire region. Infiltration anesthetizes 1-2 teeth.
How much epinephrine in one cartridge of 2% Lidocaine 1:100,000? - Correct Answers -
1. Epi 1:100,000- 1g= 1,000mg. 2. 1,000 mg/ 100,000. = 0.01mg/ml x1.8ml =0.018 mg
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - Correct Answers -The
Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - Correct Answers -The
Lesser Palatine
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - Correct
Answers -.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - Correct Answers -Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - Correct Answers -Sharpes
container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - Correct Answers -
15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - Correct Answers -Non
keratinized mucosal membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - Correct Answers -
PSA, MSA, Greater Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - Correct Answers -The
Naso Palatine Nerve
Local anesthetics decrease depolarization phase of the action potential. What happens
during depolarization? - Correct Answers -Sodium and potassium cells are unbalanced
What is the difference between a nerve block and local infiltration? - Correct Answers -
The nerve block anesthetizes an entire region. Infiltration anesthetizes 1-2 teeth.
How much epinephrine in one cartridge of 2% Lidocaine 1:100,000? - Correct Answers -
1. Epi 1:100,000- 1g= 1,000mg. 2. 1,000 mg/ 100,000. = 0.01mg/ml x1.8ml =0.018 mg
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - Correct Answers -The
Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - Correct Answers -The
Lesser Palatine
