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In relation to the pterygomandibular space and mandibular nerve block injections, which one of the following is the correct order from superior to inferior location at the deposition site?

Which mylinated nerves cause sharp pain and are considered the nerves which need to be blocked during local anesthetic administration?

Your patient has an immediate and severe allergic reaction to the anesthetic you administered, what MOST appropriate drug of choice to manage the allergic reaction?

One of the most important anesthetic technique to use to avoid a local anesthesia complications is:

During what time are dental hygienists at the highest risk for a needle stick?

The concentration of epinephrine that is optimal for hemostasis is what?

In order to achieve the upward and inward needle pathway and correct deposition site for the posterior superior alveolar nerve, the barrel of the syringe must be where?

Which of the following local anesthetic agents is considered a weak vasodialator?

Your 155lb healthy patient is having their first premolars extracted for orthodontics. The dentist has administered 4 carpules of Articaine 4% 1:100,000 and bilateral MSA and MI injections. The mandibular first premolars are not profoundly anesthetized. He asks you to come “back up the patient with anesthetic” for him. How many more carpules of the same anesthetic can you safely administer?

What is the main anatomic structure a clinician must avoid depositing anesthetic in to during the PSA?