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Which has thicker cortical plate, maxillary or mandibular?
Mandibular (this decreased the amount of the local anesthesia
molecules that can penetrate to nerves during infiltration injections)
What are the available options for lidocaine?
2% either with 1:100,000 or 1:50,000 epi
What are the available options for mepivacaine?
3% plain or 2% with 1:20,000 levonordefrin
What are the available options for prilocaine?
4% plain and 4% with 1:200,000 epi
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What are the available options for articaine?
4% with 1:100,000 epi only
What are the available options for bupivacaine?
0.5% with 1:200,000 epi only
What is the shortest acting anesthetic and what is the longest acting
anesthetic?
Shortest: mepivacaine
Longest: bupivacaine
Are are possible causes of insufficient anesthesia?
1. Poor operator technique
2. Insufficient amount
3. Infection of an area
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What is the result of insufficient anesthesia to an infected area?
Low ph in locally infected areas reduces concentration of lipophyllic
anesthetic molecules, enhances hydrophyllic form
Paresthesia is most common with which injection?
Lingual when giving an ia injection
What is the most common type of anesthesia involved in paesthesia?
1. Articaine (septocaine)
2. Prilocaine w/ epi
What are the different types of topical anesthetic?
1. Benzocaine (ester)
2. Lidocaine (amide)
3. Dentipatch (lidocaine patch)
4. Tetracaine (ester)
5. Emla (oraqix)
CDCA LOCAL ANESTHESIA EXAM REVIEW |
{LATEST 2026/ 2027 UPDATE} COMPLETE
ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC EXAM | BRAND NEW!
Which has thicker cortical plate, maxillary or mandibular?
Mandibular (this decreased the amount of the local anesthesia
molecules that can penetrate to nerves during infiltration injections)
What are the available options for lidocaine?
2% either with 1:100,000 or 1:50,000 epi
What are the available options for mepivacaine?
3% plain or 2% with 1:20,000 levonordefrin
What are the available options for prilocaine?
4% plain and 4% with 1:200,000 epi
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What are the available options for articaine?
4% with 1:100,000 epi only
What are the available options for bupivacaine?
0.5% with 1:200,000 epi only
What is the shortest acting anesthetic and what is the longest acting
anesthetic?
Shortest: mepivacaine
Longest: bupivacaine
Are are possible causes of insufficient anesthesia?
1. Poor operator technique
2. Insufficient amount
3. Infection of an area
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What is the result of insufficient anesthesia to an infected area?
Low ph in locally infected areas reduces concentration of lipophyllic
anesthetic molecules, enhances hydrophyllic form
Paresthesia is most common with which injection?
Lingual when giving an ia injection
What is the most common type of anesthesia involved in paesthesia?
1. Articaine (septocaine)
2. Prilocaine w/ epi
What are the different types of topical anesthetic?
1. Benzocaine (ester)
2. Lidocaine (amide)
3. Dentipatch (lidocaine patch)
4. Tetracaine (ester)
5. Emla (oraqix)
