VTT 242 DENTISTRY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is the maximum number of injection sites for local anesthetics during a dental
procedure? - ✔✔Four
✔✔What indicates that a block is proving ineffective during surgical manipulation? -
✔✔Increased respiration rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart rate
✔✔Which statement regarding regional nerve blocks is false? - ✔✔No special
equipment is required
✔✔What is the incorrect action in the sequence of events for administering a regional
nerve block? - ✔✔If blood appears in the needle hub, then the rest of the drug is slowly
injected
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes the incisors, canines, and
first three premolars of the upper jaw? - ✔✔Rostral maxillary block
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes all of the teeth of the lower
jaw on the side of infiltration? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes the incisors, canines, and
first two premolars of the lower jaw? - ✔✔Rostral mandibular block
✔✔Which regional block infiltrates the infraorbital nerve as it exits the infraorbital canal?
- ✔✔Rostral maxillary block
✔✔Which regional block involves palpating extraorally the notch just dorsal to the angle
of the mandible? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
, ✔✔Which regional block infiltrates the inferior alveolar nerve just before it exits the
middle mental foramen? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
✔✔How many canines are in the feline mouth? - ✔✔2
✔✔How are secondary teeth denoted in the Anatomic identifying system? - ✔✔By a 3
digit number
✔✔What is an example of an animal that has hypsodontal teeth? - ✔✔Rabbit
✔✔What is another name for the mandibular M1? - ✔✔Carnassial tooth
✔✔How many roots does a dog's right maxillary PM4 tooth have? - ✔✔2
✔✔What is the hardest substance of the body surrounding the crown of a tooth? -
✔✔Enamel
✔✔What is the area between the free gingiva and the tooth called? - ✔✔Sulcus
✔✔What does local anesthesia refer to? - ✔✔A temporary state of no feeling to a small
defined area of the body
✔✔What is general anesthesia defined as? - ✔✔Complete unconsciousness, pain
relief, and memory loss
✔✔What can multimodal pain control management do for the patient? - ✔✔Give better
analgesic effects
✔✔What drug is most commonly used for local anesthetic in dental procedures? -
✔✔Lidocaine
✔✔What is required to be used with a COHAT? - ✔✔A sedated patient
✔✔ What is the point of a scaler compared to a curette? - ✔✔Sharp; rounded
✔✔What are the causes of enamel hypoplasia? - ✔✔Toxins, Fever, Distemper virus,
Trauma, Drugs
✔✔What are a dog or cat's premolars used for? - ✔✔Tearing and cutting
✔✔What type of teeth do dogs and cats have? - ✔✔Brachydont
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is the maximum number of injection sites for local anesthetics during a dental
procedure? - ✔✔Four
✔✔What indicates that a block is proving ineffective during surgical manipulation? -
✔✔Increased respiration rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart rate
✔✔Which statement regarding regional nerve blocks is false? - ✔✔No special
equipment is required
✔✔What is the incorrect action in the sequence of events for administering a regional
nerve block? - ✔✔If blood appears in the needle hub, then the rest of the drug is slowly
injected
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes the incisors, canines, and
first three premolars of the upper jaw? - ✔✔Rostral maxillary block
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes all of the teeth of the lower
jaw on the side of infiltration? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
✔✔What describes a regional nerve block that anesthetizes the incisors, canines, and
first two premolars of the lower jaw? - ✔✔Rostral mandibular block
✔✔Which regional block infiltrates the infraorbital nerve as it exits the infraorbital canal?
- ✔✔Rostral maxillary block
✔✔Which regional block involves palpating extraorally the notch just dorsal to the angle
of the mandible? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
, ✔✔Which regional block infiltrates the inferior alveolar nerve just before it exits the
middle mental foramen? - ✔✔Caudal mandibular block
✔✔How many canines are in the feline mouth? - ✔✔2
✔✔How are secondary teeth denoted in the Anatomic identifying system? - ✔✔By a 3
digit number
✔✔What is an example of an animal that has hypsodontal teeth? - ✔✔Rabbit
✔✔What is another name for the mandibular M1? - ✔✔Carnassial tooth
✔✔How many roots does a dog's right maxillary PM4 tooth have? - ✔✔2
✔✔What is the hardest substance of the body surrounding the crown of a tooth? -
✔✔Enamel
✔✔What is the area between the free gingiva and the tooth called? - ✔✔Sulcus
✔✔What does local anesthesia refer to? - ✔✔A temporary state of no feeling to a small
defined area of the body
✔✔What is general anesthesia defined as? - ✔✔Complete unconsciousness, pain
relief, and memory loss
✔✔What can multimodal pain control management do for the patient? - ✔✔Give better
analgesic effects
✔✔What drug is most commonly used for local anesthetic in dental procedures? -
✔✔Lidocaine
✔✔What is required to be used with a COHAT? - ✔✔A sedated patient
✔✔ What is the point of a scaler compared to a curette? - ✔✔Sharp; rounded
✔✔What are the causes of enamel hypoplasia? - ✔✔Toxins, Fever, Distemper virus,
Trauma, Drugs
✔✔What are a dog or cat's premolars used for? - ✔✔Tearing and cutting
✔✔What type of teeth do dogs and cats have? - ✔✔Brachydont
