LOCAL ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL
PROFESSIONALS CHAPTER 21 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Horace Wells.
Answer: A dentist known as the 'Nitrous Oxide Pioneer'. He
practiced himself 'Father of anesthesia'.
◉ Albert Niemann and Francesco Di Stefano (1860s).
Answer: Isolated cocaine from coca leaves.
◉ Karl Koller (1884).
Answer: First to use cocaine clinically for ophthalmic surgery.
◉ Nils Lofgren (1943).
Answer: Synthesized Lidocaine, which remains the most popular
anesthetic in the US.
◉ Rusching (1969).
Answer: Prepared Articaine (available in the US in 2000).
, ◉ Dr. Henry Beecher (WWII).
Answer: Observed wounded soldiers and inferred that clinical pain
is a compound of physical sensation and a cognitive/emotional
reaction.
◉ Pain.
Answer: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience.
◉ Pain perception.
Answer: Sensation of discomfort ranging from mild to severe.
◉ Pain threshold.
Answer: Point at which a sensation starts to be painful and
discomfort results.
◉ Pain reaction.
Answer: Personal interpretation and responses to the pain message
- highly variable.
◉ Signs of dental anxiety - Physical.
Answer: Cold, sweaty palms; high blood pressure/pulse; muscle
tightness, 'white knuckle syndrome' perspiration on the forehead.
PROFESSIONALS CHAPTER 21 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Horace Wells.
Answer: A dentist known as the 'Nitrous Oxide Pioneer'. He
practiced himself 'Father of anesthesia'.
◉ Albert Niemann and Francesco Di Stefano (1860s).
Answer: Isolated cocaine from coca leaves.
◉ Karl Koller (1884).
Answer: First to use cocaine clinically for ophthalmic surgery.
◉ Nils Lofgren (1943).
Answer: Synthesized Lidocaine, which remains the most popular
anesthetic in the US.
◉ Rusching (1969).
Answer: Prepared Articaine (available in the US in 2000).
, ◉ Dr. Henry Beecher (WWII).
Answer: Observed wounded soldiers and inferred that clinical pain
is a compound of physical sensation and a cognitive/emotional
reaction.
◉ Pain.
Answer: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience.
◉ Pain perception.
Answer: Sensation of discomfort ranging from mild to severe.
◉ Pain threshold.
Answer: Point at which a sensation starts to be painful and
discomfort results.
◉ Pain reaction.
Answer: Personal interpretation and responses to the pain message
- highly variable.
◉ Signs of dental anxiety - Physical.
Answer: Cold, sweaty palms; high blood pressure/pulse; muscle
tightness, 'white knuckle syndrome' perspiration on the forehead.