Local Anesthesia Exam Review 80 Questions with Correct

Local Anesthesia Exam Review 80 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified Which of the following statements is true of local anesthesia?

• Local anesthesia eliminates the feeling of sensation without the loss of consciousness
• Local anesthesia is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
• Local anesthesia eliminates the feeling of sensation through loss of consciousness
• Local anesthesia is never necessary for dental hygiene appointments - Correct Answers A

Which of the following methods of pain control did not pave the way for modern anesthetics?

• scaring off demons
• herbs and plants
• therapeutic massage
• alcohol, cannabis, and opium - Correct Answers C

The first effective gas inhalation anesthetic was

• nitrous oxide
• ether
• halothane
• acetylated alicyclic acid - Correct Answers B

The first local anesthetic was

• lidocaine
• cocaine
• novocaine
• articaine - Correct Answers B

Which of the following is the most populate dental anesthetic used in the USA?

• Procaine
• novocaine
• Mepivicaine
• Lidocaine - Correct Answers D 1 / 2

Local anesthetics ______ the pain signal to the brain

• have no effect on
• slow
• speed
• block - Correct Answers D

Which of the following advantages is/are associated with the use of a local anesthetic?

• hemostasis
• pain control
• no memory of procedure
• both A & B - Correct Answers D

Which of the following statements is true?

• states are more likely to allow dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia than they are to

allow them to administer nitrous oxide

• states are more likely to allow dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide than they are to allow

them to administer local anesthesia

• dental hygienists are not currently permitted to administer nitrous oxide in the United States
• none of the above - Correct Answers

Which of the following defines pain threshold?

• a neurological experience of pain
• the personal interpretation and response to the pain message
• the point at which a sensation becomes painful, resulting in discomfort
• a method or tool used to measure pain - Correct Answers C

A patient's pain reaction may be influenced by his/her

• age
• culture
• emotional state
• all of the above - Correct Answers D
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