Local Anesthesia CDCA Board exam
questions & answers 2025/2026
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - ANSWERS.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - ANSWERSOvale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - ANSWERSSharpes container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - ANSWERS15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - ANSWERSNon keratinized
mucosal membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - ANSWERSPSA, MSA,
Greater Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - ANSWERSThe Naso Palatine
Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - ANSWERSThe Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - ANSWERSThe Lesser Palatine
A woman has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection. What was the cause? -
ANSWERSHit the Pteragoid Plexus
, What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma? - ANSWERSCold pack
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the
appointment? - ANSWERSCold Pack for 1 day, then gentle heat
What causes trismus? What is the patient care for trismus? - ANSWERSTrauma ( too much
anesthetic in one place) or TMJ. Tx: Passive motions then stretching the muscles.
When does anesthetic expire? - ANSWERSWhen the pH increases in the drug
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - ANSWERSThe MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D. Preauricular - ANSWERSC. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - ANSWERSBuccal and Distal to the last
molar at the height of the occlusal plane.
The maxillary nerve is primarily? A. Sensory. B. Motor. C. Both - ANSWERSA. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do you do? - ANSWERSPull out and
redirect over the incisors.
What is the most common cause of needle breakage? - ANSWERSBending the needle
Inserting the needle too far in this injection risks hitting the pterygoid plexus? - ANSWERSPSA
questions & answers 2025/2026
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - ANSWERS.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - ANSWERSOvale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - ANSWERSSharpes container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - ANSWERS15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - ANSWERSNon keratinized
mucosal membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - ANSWERSPSA, MSA,
Greater Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - ANSWERSThe Naso Palatine
Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - ANSWERSThe Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - ANSWERSThe Lesser Palatine
A woman has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection. What was the cause? -
ANSWERSHit the Pteragoid Plexus
, What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma? - ANSWERSCold pack
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the
appointment? - ANSWERSCold Pack for 1 day, then gentle heat
What causes trismus? What is the patient care for trismus? - ANSWERSTrauma ( too much
anesthetic in one place) or TMJ. Tx: Passive motions then stretching the muscles.
When does anesthetic expire? - ANSWERSWhen the pH increases in the drug
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - ANSWERSThe MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D. Preauricular - ANSWERSC. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - ANSWERSBuccal and Distal to the last
molar at the height of the occlusal plane.
The maxillary nerve is primarily? A. Sensory. B. Motor. C. Both - ANSWERSA. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do you do? - ANSWERSPull out and
redirect over the incisors.
What is the most common cause of needle breakage? - ANSWERSBending the needle
Inserting the needle too far in this injection risks hitting the pterygoid plexus? - ANSWERSPSA
