Deck 1: Perspectives on Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals

Question 1

Troubleshooting is the ability to critically assess and resolve anesthesia inadequacies in order to provide comfortable patient care.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Dental hygienists and mid-level providers in all states and provinces receive the same education, and require the same level of supervision for administering local anesthesia.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Dentists are the only providers of local anesthesia in dentistry in North America.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The first state to license dental hygienists to deliver local anesthetic agents was California in 1975.

Question 5

The first state to license dental hygienists to deliver local anesthetic agents was Washington in 1971.

Question 6

Dentists have been able to deliver local anesthetic drugs in cartridge form since 1884.

Question 7

Troubleshooting anesthesia inadequacies always requires referral to a dental specialist.

Question 8

Only a dentist can assess and resolve anesthesia inadequacies.

Question 9

Mastering a wide variety of techniques is critical to safe and effective pain control.

Question 10

The fundamentals of pain management include all of the following except

A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Knowledge of drug effects
C) Periodontal assessment
D) Mastering multiple injection techniques

Question 11

The fundamentals of pain management include

A) Administering drugs that provide the shortest period of anesthesia possible
B) Patient safety
C) Integrating evidence based knowledge in clinical decisions
D) Knowledge in a wide variety of techniques

Question 12

Local anesthetics have been available in dentistry since

A) 1971
B) 1948
C) 1906
D) 1884

Question 13

Which situations best demonstrate the fundamentals of pain management?

A) A clinician assesses the patient, including taking vital signs. The patient receives the same dose of drug that has always been effective. Today the patient is not adequately numb and he is asked to reschedule an appointment for another day.
B) A clinician assesses the patient and determines there is no physical reason the patient could not receive anesthesia for periodontal maintenance. The patient reports she always has difficulty getting numb therefore the patient is referred to a periodontist for treatment.
C) A clinician assesses the patient and readies the patient for treatment. The patient mentions that he was not numb enough at his last appointment. It is decided that another drug and technique will be tried at this appointment.
D) A clinician asks the patient if she has had any difficulty with anesthesia in the past. The patient indicates she has never had any problem and always gets really numb; therefore treatment is provided without difficulty.

Question 14

Discuss a provider's responsibility for troubleshooting local anesthesia inadequacies.

Question 15

Discuss the responsibility of local anesthesia providers.

Question 16

Discuss the fundamentals of pain management.