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You have injected one cartridge of 2% Lidocaine with 1:100,000 Epinephrine for IA/Lingual & Buccal injections.  How much Lidocaine and Epinephrine have you delivered?

Methods for calculating pediatric drug doses include:

How many milligrams of local anesthetic are contained in one cartridge of 1% solution?

You have given an IANB and lingual nerve block with 2% lidocaine, but your patient complains of an “electric shock” feeling and has called 2 days post-procedure report that “his tongue tip is still numb.” This complication is known as _________ and the _________nerve has been affected.

You missed the inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) and had to redo the injection 4 times with 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine before the patient was successfully anesthetized.What are the management recommendations for the complication resulting from multiple missed IANBs?

You have inserted the needle 18 mm for a PSA nerve block; the patient immediately begins to develop a large colorless swelling on their cheek. The swelling changes color over the next day.What local complication has occurred?

You have inserted the needle 18 mm for a PSA nerve block; the patient immediately begins to develop a large colorless swelling on their cheek. The swelling changes color over the next day.Was this complication avoidable?

Which is the reason for multiple aspirations for a mental nerve block?

Can you do online searches during the exam, talk to other people about questions while you’re taking an exam, or share or receive information about what is on the exam before exam scores are posted?

Within a molecule of water, hydrogen atoms are joined to oxygen by a(n) bond. This bond results in charge on the hydrogen atom and charge on the oxygen atom. As a result of this bond forming between hydrogen and oxygen, a(n) bond can form between two separate water molecules.