Where is the insertion site for posterior superior alveolar nerve block?

You have a patient scheduled for root planing and scaling which will require local anesthetic. Upon review of their health history you discover they have epilepsy. What should you know about this condition related to the procedures planned for today?

Which of the following  has the most vasodialating properties?

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 optimal depth for the IANB?

What is the optimal depth for the IANB?

Upon insertion during the PSA injection you contact periosteum. What is the most likely technique error which has occurred?

Upon review of your patient’s pre-anesthetic patient assessment information, you discover the patient has reported a condition of atypical pseudocholinesterase. Why is this condition important to review prior to anesthetic selection?

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?