LOCAL ANESTHESIA -CDCA BOARD EXAM |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
2025/2026
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - SOLUTION -.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - SOLUTION -Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - SOLUTION -Sharpes container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - SOLUTION -15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - SOLUTION -Non keratinized mucosal
membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - SOLUTION -PSA, MSA, Greater
Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - SOLUTION -The Naso Palatine
Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - SOLUTION -The Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - SOLUTION -The Lesser Palatine
A woman has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection. What was the cause? -
SOLUTION -Hit the Pteragoid Plexus
What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma? - SOLUTION -Cold pack
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? -
SOLUTION -Cold Pack for 1 day, then gentle heat
What causes trismus? What is the patient care for trismus? - SOLUTION -Trauma ( too much
anesthetic in one place) or TMJ. Tx: Passive motions then stretching the muscles.
When does anesthetic expire? - SOLUTION -When the pH increases in the drug
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - SOLUTION -The MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D. Preauricular - SOLUTION -C. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - SOLUTION -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 - SOLUTION -A. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do you do? - SOLUTION -Pull out and
redirect over the incisors.
What is the most common cause of needle breakage? - SOLUTION -Bending the needle
Inserting the needle too far in this injection risks hitting the pterygoid plexus? - SOLUTION -PSA
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
2025/2026
What is the maximum recommended dose of epinephrine for a healthy adult? - SOLUTION -.2mg
V3 exists from the foramen? - SOLUTION -Ovale
How do you dispose of the syringe armamentarium? - SOLUTION -Sharpes container
What is the longest you should leave on a lidocaine topical patch? - SOLUTION -15 minuets
What tissue is easiest to anesthetize with topical anesthesia? - SOLUTION -Non keratinized mucosal
membrane
What injections do you give for perio treatment on #14, 15 and 16? - SOLUTION -PSA, MSA, Greater
Palatine
What nerve supplies the tissue to the maxillary anterior lingual? - SOLUTION -The Naso Palatine
Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the lower lip is numb? - SOLUTION -The Mental Nerve
What nerve has been anesthetized if the soft palate is numb? - SOLUTION -The Lesser Palatine
A woman has immediate swelling on her face following a PSA injection. What was the cause? -
SOLUTION -Hit the Pteragoid Plexus
What is the immediate treatment in office for a hematoma? - SOLUTION -Cold pack
What is the recommended treatment to the patient for a hematoma following the appointment? -
SOLUTION -Cold Pack for 1 day, then gentle heat
What causes trismus? What is the patient care for trismus? - SOLUTION -Trauma ( too much
anesthetic in one place) or TMJ. Tx: Passive motions then stretching the muscles.
When does anesthetic expire? - SOLUTION -When the pH increases in the drug
If you give a PSA, what root may not be anesthetized? - SOLUTION -The MB root of the first molar
V3 innervates all but? A. Mental. B. IA. C. Infraorbital. D. Preauricular - SOLUTION -C. Infraorbital
Where is the injection site for the buccal injection? - SOLUTION -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 - SOLUTION -A. Sensory
If you inject 1/3 of the needle on an IA and hit bone, what do you do? - SOLUTION -Pull out and
redirect over the incisors.
What is the most common cause of needle breakage? - SOLUTION -Bending the needle
Inserting the needle too far in this injection risks hitting the pterygoid plexus? - SOLUTION -PSA
