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, What is the most commonly used topical anesthetic? benzocaine; lollicaine; bEnzocaine is an Ester
What product do we use in clinic that contains this
anesthetic? Is it an ester or an amide?
Which ester local anesthetic is no longer used in procaine (NOvocain) like no
dentistry?
A. propoxycaine (Ravocaine)
B. tetracaine (Pontocaine)
C. procaine (Novocaine)
All are amide local anesthetics except: benzocaine (ester)
A. lidocaine
B. mepivacaine
C. prilocaine
D. bupivacaine
E. benzocaine
F. articaine
What is the most commonly used anesthetic in dentistry? lidocaine
A. lidocaine
B. mepivacaine
C. prilocaine
D. bupivacaine
E. benzocaine
F. articaine
What local anesthetics are safe in pregnancy and during lidocaine and prilocaine; lidocaine; class B
lactation? Which is the drug of choice for pregnant
women? What class drug are these two?
A. lidocaine
B. mepivacaine
C. prilocaine
D. bupivacaine
E. benzocaine
F. articaine
Which local anesthetic is a category B? lidocaine
A. lidocaine
B. mepivacaine
C. prilocaine
D. bupivacaine
E. benzocaine
F. articaine
Which local anesthetic is an amide anesthetic with ester articaine
linkage/hybrid/partially metabolized in the liver and
partially metabolized in the blood?
A. lidocaine
B. mepivacaine
C. prilocaine
D. bupivacaine
E. benzocaine
F. articaine