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Horace Wells unsuccessfully attempted to convince an audience of medical professionals that
nitrous oxide could be used to assist medical procedures in...
a. 1772
b. 1845
c. 1912
d. 1950 ✔Correct Answer-b. 1845
After a hiatus following it's discovery, the merits of nitrous oxide and analgesia were first
documented in writing by...
a. Humphrey Davey
b. Samuel Cooley
c. Gardner Colton
d. Joseph Priestly ✔Correct Answer-a. Humphrey Davy
The Dentist who posthumously been recognized as the Father of Anesthesia because of his
clinical use of nitrous oxide is...
a. Humphrey Davey
b. Joseph Priestly
c. Gardner Quincy Colton
d. Horace Wells ✔Correct Answer-d. Horace Wells
When patients must be purposefully aroused either by verbal command or with light tactile
stimulation they are in a level of...
a. minimal sedation
b. moderate sedation
c. deep sedation / analgesia
d. general anesthesia ✔Correct Answer-b. moderate sedation
When loss of consciousness is intended with a drug, the level of sedation is defined as
a. minimal sedation
b. moderate sedation / analgesia
c. deep sedation / analgesia
, d. general anesthesia ✔Correct Answer-d. General anesthesia
A persistent and irrational response to something specific that necessitates professional
intervention defines the term
a. anxiety
b. fear
c. phobia ✔Correct Answer-c. Phobia
All of the following are likely signs of fear except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Excessive talking
B. Arrives early to appointment
C. Refusal to cooperate
D. Cancelled appointment ✔Correct Answer-b. Arrives early to the appointment
All of the following are physiological signs of a person's fear of the dental office except one.
Which one is the exception?
A. Sobbing
B. Sweating
C. Sleeping
D. Shaking ✔Correct Answer-c. Sleeping
All of the following statements are true regarding the topic of pain and anxiety except one.
Which one is the exception?
A. Anxiety causes pain to be less tolerable
B. An increase in pain enhances anxiety
C. Various Cultures express pain differently
D. Pain tolerance does not change in an individual ✔Correct Answer-d. Pain tolerance does
not change in an individual
The effects of nitrous oxide can be reversed by...
a. naloxone
b. oxygen
c. a benzodiazepine
d. local anesthetics ✔Correct Answer-b. Oxygen
The the presence of fear, a patient's pain threshold likely
a. increases
b. decreases ✔Correct Answer-b. decreases