Topical Placement
Injection Techniques
Needles & Cartridges
General Anesthesia
Vocabulary
100
Where is the anesthetic placed for the nasopalatine(NP) block?
On either side of the incisive foramen
100
Near what foramen is the incisive injection given?
The mental foramen
100
What is the sharp hook that locks into the rubber stopper?
Harpoon
100
What color cylinder is oxygen
Green
100
type of drug that constricts (narrows) blood vessels; used to prolong anesthetic action?
Vasoconstrictor
200
Which teeth does the buccal block numb
Molars
200
Which nerve block provides anesthesia to the posterior portion to the hard palate?
Anterior (Greater) Palatine Nerve block
200
Which association developed the color coding system for cartridges?
American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs.
200
General anesthesia is most safely administered in what setting?
Hospital
200
time from injection to effective anesthesia
induction
300
Where is the MSA injection placed?
Muccal buccal fold of the 2nd premolar
300
Which block refers to the injection of anesthetic near a larger terminal nerve branch?
Field block
300
What colors are lidocaine cartridges?
Light blue, green and red
300
to spread from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration
Diffuse
400
The inferior alveolar block numbs which teeth?
3rd molar to central incisor
400
How many teeth are in involved in local infiltration and field block?
One, 2-3
400
What are the two signs that a cartridge has been frozen?
Rubber stopper is pushed out and a air bubble
400
What stage of conciousness does a patient reach during general anesthesia?
Stage 3
400
to spread or flow throughout
permeate
500
What nerve blocks are on the mandibular arch?
Buccal, IA, incisive block
500
What is another name for interior alveolar nerve block?
mandibular nerve block
500
What covers the cartridge end of the needle?
Protective plastic cap
500
When given general anesthesia is given the patient is monitored closely until what?
The patients normal reflexes return
500
analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetic definition?
analgesia- stage of anesthesia in which the patient is relaxed and conscious anesthesia- temporary loss of feeling or sensation anesthetic- medication that produces temporary loss of feeling or sensation