Local Anesthesia CDCA UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
V3 exists from which foramen? - CORRECT ANSWER - ovale
When performing the IA, how far should the needle penetrate? - CORRECT ANSWER -
3/4
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sharps
Container
What is the longest you should leave a lidocaine topical patch on? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 15 minutes
What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthetic? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Non-keratinized
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15, 16? - CORRECT ANSWER -
PSA, GP, MSA
What nerve supplies the tissue of the maxillary anterior lingual? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nasopalatine
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mental
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Greater Palatine (lesser palatine)
, A woman has immediate swelling on her face following PSA injection. What was the cause? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins
What is the immediate treatment in the office for a hematoma? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pressure, then ice
What is the recommended treatment of the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ice then moist heat
What causes trismus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Needle entering muscle.
What is the patient care for tismus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Exercise the jaw, oral
analgesics
When does anesthetic shelf life expire? - CORRECT ANSWER - When date on side of
cartridge states
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesial
buccal root of first molar
V3 innervates all but? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental, IA, Infraorbital, preauricular
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - CORRECT ANSWER -
What would you not use for an intraoral antiseptic on an injection site? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Alcohol
The maxillary nerve is primarily? Sensory, Motor or Both? - CORRECT ANSWER -
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
V3 exists from which foramen? - CORRECT ANSWER - ovale
When performing the IA, how far should the needle penetrate? - CORRECT ANSWER -
3/4
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sharps
Container
What is the longest you should leave a lidocaine topical patch on? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 15 minutes
What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthetic? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Non-keratinized
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15, 16? - CORRECT ANSWER -
PSA, GP, MSA
What nerve supplies the tissue of the maxillary anterior lingual? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nasopalatine
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mental
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Greater Palatine (lesser palatine)
, A woman has immediate swelling on her face following PSA injection. What was the cause? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins
What is the immediate treatment in the office for a hematoma? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pressure, then ice
What is the recommended treatment of the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ice then moist heat
What causes trismus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Needle entering muscle.
What is the patient care for tismus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Exercise the jaw, oral
analgesics
When does anesthetic shelf life expire? - CORRECT ANSWER - When date on side of
cartridge states
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesial
buccal root of first molar
V3 innervates all but? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental, IA, Infraorbital, preauricular
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - CORRECT ANSWER -
What would you not use for an intraoral antiseptic on an injection site? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Alcohol
The maxillary nerve is primarily? Sensory, Motor or Both? - CORRECT ANSWER -
