Local Anesthesia -CDCA Board Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - answer✔✔.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - answer✔✔Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - answer✔✔Sharpes container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - answer✔✔15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - answer✔✔Non keratinized
mucosal membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - answer✔✔PSA, MSA,
Greater Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - answer✔✔The Naso Palatine
Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - answer✔✔The Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - answer✔✔The Lesser Palatine
A woman has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection. What was the cause? -
answer✔✔Hit the Pteragoid Plexus
What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma? - answer✔✔Cold pack
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? -
answer✔✔Cold Pack for 1 day, then gentle heat
What causes trismus? What is the patient care for trismus? - answer✔✔Trauma ( too much
anesthetic in one place) or TMJ. Tx: Passive motions then stretching the muscles.
When does anesthetic expire? - answer✔✔When the pH increases in the drug
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - answer✔✔The MB root of the first
molar