LOCAL ANESTHESIA CDCA EXAM Question
and Answer 2026 | Complete Study Guide
& Review Pack | Grade A+
• How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? -✓✓Sharps
Container
• What is the longest you should leave a lidocaine topical patch on? -
✓✓15 minutes
• What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthetic? -
✓✓Non-keratinized
• What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15, 16? -
✓✓PSA, GP, MSA
• What nerve supplies the tissue of the maxillary anterior lingual? -
✓✓Nasopalatine
• What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? -
✓✓Mental
• What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? -
✓✓Greater Palatine (lesser palatine)
, • A woman has immediate swelling on her face following PSA injection.
What was the cause? -✓✓Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins
• What is the immediate treatment in the office for a hematoma? -
✓✓Pressure, then ice
• What is the recommended treatment of the patient for a hematoma
following the appointment? -✓✓Ice then moist heat
• What causes trismus? -✓✓Needle entering muscle.
• What is the patient care for tismus? -✓✓Exercise the jaw, oral
analgesics
• When does anesthetic shelf life expire? -✓✓When date on side of
cartridge states
• If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? -✓✓Mesial
buccal root of first molar
• V3 innervates all but? -✓✓Mental, IA, Infraorbital, preauricular
• Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? -✓✓
and Answer 2026 | Complete Study Guide
& Review Pack | Grade A+
• How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? -✓✓Sharps
Container
• What is the longest you should leave a lidocaine topical patch on? -
✓✓15 minutes
• What tissue is the easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthetic? -
✓✓Non-keratinized
• What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15, 16? -
✓✓PSA, GP, MSA
• What nerve supplies the tissue of the maxillary anterior lingual? -
✓✓Nasopalatine
• What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? -
✓✓Mental
• What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? -
✓✓Greater Palatine (lesser palatine)
, • A woman has immediate swelling on her face following PSA injection.
What was the cause? -✓✓Needle entered the ptyergoid plexus of veins
• What is the immediate treatment in the office for a hematoma? -
✓✓Pressure, then ice
• What is the recommended treatment of the patient for a hematoma
following the appointment? -✓✓Ice then moist heat
• What causes trismus? -✓✓Needle entering muscle.
• What is the patient care for tismus? -✓✓Exercise the jaw, oral
analgesics
• When does anesthetic shelf life expire? -✓✓When date on side of
cartridge states
• If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? -✓✓Mesial
buccal root of first molar
• V3 innervates all but? -✓✓Mental, IA, Infraorbital, preauricular
• Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? -✓✓
