A Patient Is Missing the Mandibular Right Molars, and Surgery

Multiple Choice

A patient is missing the mandibular right molars, and surgery is to be performed on the remaining mandibular teeth across the arch. Which combination of local anesthetic nerve blocks would MOST likely be administered and still be successful?

A) Right mental and left inferior alveolar nerve blocks
B) Left inferior alveolar and right incisive nerve blocks
C) Right posterior superior alveolar and left inferior alveolar nerve blocks
D) Right mental and left incisive nerve blocks
E) Bilateral inferior alveolar nerve blocks