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This document provides the latest 2025 CDCA Local Anesthesia practice questions paired with fully verified correct answers. It covers the essential competencies assessed on the CDCA local anesthesia examination, including pharmacology, injection techniques, safety protocols, complications management, nerve anatomy, dosage calculations, and patient assessment. The material is structured to help candidates strengthen clinical knowledge and prepare effectively for the CDCA evaluation.

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Local Anesthesia CDCA Practice Questions and verified answers latest update
2025

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V3 exists from which foramen? ovale
When performing the IA, how far 3/4
should the needle penetrate?
How do you dispose of the Sharps Container
syringe armamentarium?
What is the longest you should leave 15 minutes
a lidocaine topical patch on?
What tissue is the easiest to Non-keratinized
anesthetize with topical
anesthetic?
What injections do you give for perio PSA, GP, MSA
treatment on #14, 15, 16?
What nerve supplies the tissue of the Nasopalatine
maxillary anterior lingual?
What nerve has been Mental
anesthetized if the lower lip is
numb?
What nerve has been Greater Palatine (lesser palatine)
anesthetized if the soft palate is
numb?
A woman has immediate Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins
swelling on her face following
PSA injection. What was the
cause?
What is the immediate treatment in Pressure, then ice
the office for a hematoma?
What is the recommended treatment Ice then moist heat
of the patient for a hematoma
following the appointment?

, What causes trismus? Needle entering muscle.
What is the patient care for tismus? Exercise the jaw, oral analgesics
When does anesthetic shelf life When date on side of cartridge states
expire?
If you give a PSA, what root may not Mesial buccal root of first molar
be anesthetized?
V3 innervates all but? Mental, IA, Infraorbital, preauricular
Where is the injection site for the buccal
injection?
What would you not use for an Alcohol
intraoral antiseptic on an injection
site?
The maxillary nerve is primarily? Sensory,
Motor or Both?
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on retract needle from bone, readjust syringe so needle is pointing more
an IA and hit bone, what do you posteriorly along the mandible.
do?
What is the most common cause of Bending the needle, patient sudden movement
needle breakage?
Inserting the needle too far in this PSA
injection risks hitting the
pterygoid plexus?
Patient experiences a sharp Contacted the nerve sheath
tingling pain and immediate
anesthesia; what
happened?
What should be the depth of the 2/3
needle insertion for a PSA?
What gauge needle should be 27
used for infiltration?
What is the purpose of hemostasis, anesthesia duration
vasoconstrictors?
What function do vasoconstrictors serve to
prevent overdose?
A patient has liver damage; what should
you consider about amides?

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