Local Anesthesia - CDCA Board Exam Questions and
100% Correct Answers (Latest Update 2026/2027)
Graded A+.
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a
healthy adult? -
ANSWER .2mg
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
V3 exists from the foramen? - ANSWER Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? -
ANSWER Sharpes container
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a
hematoma following the appointment? - ANSWER Cold Pack
for 1 day, then gentle heat
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? -
ANSWER The MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D.
Preauricular - ANSWER C. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - ANSWER
Buccal and Distal to the last molar at the height of the occlusal
plane.
The maxillary nerve is primarily? A. Sensory. B. Motor. C. Both
- ANSWER A. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do
you do? - ANSWER Pull out and redirect over the incisors.
100% Correct Answers (Latest Update 2026/2027)
Graded A+.
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a
healthy adult? -
ANSWER .2mg
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
V3 exists from the foramen? - ANSWER Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? -
ANSWER Sharpes container
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a
hematoma following the appointment? - ANSWER Cold Pack
for 1 day, then gentle heat
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? -
ANSWER The MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D.
Preauricular - ANSWER C. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - ANSWER
Buccal and Distal to the last molar at the height of the occlusal
plane.
The maxillary nerve is primarily? A. Sensory. B. Motor. C. Both
- ANSWER A. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do
you do? - ANSWER Pull out and redirect over the incisors.
