DENTAL HYGIENE LOCAL
ANESTHESIA FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST GUIDE 2026 .
, 1. Where does mandibular nerve pass through in the skull: Foramen Ovale
2. Where nasopalatine nerve pass through: Incisive Foramen
3. Maxillary division of Trigeminal Nerve is: Sensory (Atterent)
4. Nerve NOT associated with the mandibular nerve branch: Infraorbital nerve
5. Teeth that PSA innervates: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd maxillary molars, but may not innervate MB root of the maxillary 1st molar
6. What injection is needed to anesthetize linguals of max anteriors: Nasopalatine
7. What injections are needed to anesthetize the entire palate on one side: Greater Palatine and Nasopalatine
8. What happens during depolarization?: Sodium in and Potassium out
9. When do you aspirate?: Right before anesthetic is to be deposited
10. Topical anesthetics are least effective on?: Keratinized tissues
11. Which has the highest occurrence of allergic reactions: Esteroption; Benzocaine.
12. What is the landmark for the IANB injection?: Coronoidnotch
13. What is trismus?: Limited opening of mouth
14. Management of hematoma: Cold compression and pressure to bleeding site
15. Management of trismus: Heat therapy, saline rinses, asprin and jaw exercises
16. Hematoma can occur if needle penetrates into the pterygoid plexus of veins during which injection?: PSA
17. What needle should be used for infiltration?: 27g short
18. Cause of needle breakage: Bending needle, patient movement
19. Why would a patient receive an electric shock during delivery of anesthesia?-
: Needle touched the nerve sheath
20. Ongoing numbness of the anterior 2/3 of tongue is caused by which nerve being anesthetized?: LingualNerve
21. What is the benefit of slow deposition rate?: Less pain, less complications
22. Location for the long buccal injection: Distal and buccal to the 2nd mandibular molar
23. Nerve that innervates the soft palate: Lesser Palatine Nerve
24. Allergic reaction management: Epi for immediate, Benadryl for delayed
25. You just administered anesthetic to your patient, and within minutes a rash was forming on the patients neck.
ANESTHESIA FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST GUIDE 2026 .
, 1. Where does mandibular nerve pass through in the skull: Foramen Ovale
2. Where nasopalatine nerve pass through: Incisive Foramen
3. Maxillary division of Trigeminal Nerve is: Sensory (Atterent)
4. Nerve NOT associated with the mandibular nerve branch: Infraorbital nerve
5. Teeth that PSA innervates: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd maxillary molars, but may not innervate MB root of the maxillary 1st molar
6. What injection is needed to anesthetize linguals of max anteriors: Nasopalatine
7. What injections are needed to anesthetize the entire palate on one side: Greater Palatine and Nasopalatine
8. What happens during depolarization?: Sodium in and Potassium out
9. When do you aspirate?: Right before anesthetic is to be deposited
10. Topical anesthetics are least effective on?: Keratinized tissues
11. Which has the highest occurrence of allergic reactions: Esteroption; Benzocaine.
12. What is the landmark for the IANB injection?: Coronoidnotch
13. What is trismus?: Limited opening of mouth
14. Management of hematoma: Cold compression and pressure to bleeding site
15. Management of trismus: Heat therapy, saline rinses, asprin and jaw exercises
16. Hematoma can occur if needle penetrates into the pterygoid plexus of veins during which injection?: PSA
17. What needle should be used for infiltration?: 27g short
18. Cause of needle breakage: Bending needle, patient movement
19. Why would a patient receive an electric shock during delivery of anesthesia?-
: Needle touched the nerve sheath
20. Ongoing numbness of the anterior 2/3 of tongue is caused by which nerve being anesthetized?: LingualNerve
21. What is the benefit of slow deposition rate?: Less pain, less complications
22. Location for the long buccal injection: Distal and buccal to the 2nd mandibular molar
23. Nerve that innervates the soft palate: Lesser Palatine Nerve
24. Allergic reaction management: Epi for immediate, Benadryl for delayed
25. You just administered anesthetic to your patient, and within minutes a rash was forming on the patients neck.
