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