Care in the use of topical anesthetics is important because:

If you drop an anesthetic cartridge on the floor, it is important that you wipe it with disinfecting solution and then proceed to use.

Before a dentist extracts a maxillary second molar, which of the following nerves or their terminal branches would need anesthesia?

An injection technique that deposits anesthetic near terminal nerve endings is called:

What drug is used in the topical anesthetic named Hurricaine?

Which of the following statements best describes the appropriate choice of needle for a local anesthetic injection?  Use this reference: lower gauge = 25, higher gauge = 30

What is the correct depth of needle insertion for the MSA injection?

What can be a cause of trismus?

If the patient has a frenum at the optimal penetration point, it is important to penetrate the needle into that frenum in order to get appropriate anesthesia.

The lingual nerve, generally anesthetized in conjunction with the IA, is anesthetized by advancing the needle deeper into the tissue.