Landmarks

Question 1

What are the landmarks when giving a mental nerve?

Answer 1

Mandibular premolars, mucobuccal fold and mental foramen

Question 2

What is the injection site for a mental nerve block?

Answer 2

Mucobuccal fold just anterior to the mental foramen where the mental nerve enter to join the incisive nerve.

Question 3

What is number when giving a mental nerve block ?

Answer 3

Incisors,
canine, 
first premolars 
most of the time second premolars, 
lower lip
chin skin

Question 4

What are the landmarks when giving a long buccal nerve?

Answer 4

Mandibular molars and the mucobuccal fold

Question 5

What is the injection site for a long buccal nerve block?

Answer 5

Distal and buccal to the most distal molar in the arch on the anterior border of the ramus

Question 6

What is numbed when giving a long buccal nerve block ?

Answer 6

Soft tissues and periosteum buccal to the mandibular molars

Question 7

What is numbed when giving a inferior alveolar nerve block?

Answer 7

Teeth in the quadrant

Buffalo soft tissues from mental nerve to middling, tongue and lingual soft tissues

Question 8

Why is number when giving a maxillary infiltration injection?

Answer 8

Pulp, buccal soft tissue and bone of the tooth being anaesthetised

Question 9

Name some of the landmarks we use to give a maxillary infiltration injection

Answer 9

Mucobuccal fold parallel to the tooth root apex close to the bone

Question 10

What is number when giving a Naso-Palatine nerve block

Answer 10

Anterior portion of the hard palate both hard and soft tissues from the mesial aspect of the right and left first premolars

Question 11

Name some of the landmarks we use when giving a Naso-Palatine nerve block

Answer 11

Central incisors, incisive papilla and incisive foramen

Question 12

What is the injection site for a Naso-Palatine Nerve Block

Answer 12

Soft tissue just lateral to the incisive papilla, 1cm palatal to the maxillary central incisors

Question 13

What is number when giving a palatal infiltration?

Answer 13

Soft tissue and palatal bone of tooth to be anaesthetised.

Question 14

Name some of the landmarks we use to give a palatal infiltration injection

Answer 14

Midline of palate and gingival margin of tooth to be anaesthetised

Question 15

What is the injection site for a palatal infiltration injection?

Answer 15

Point midway between the gingival margin of the tooth and the midline palatal raph

Question 16

What is number when giving a greater palatine nerve block?

Answer 16

Posterior portion of the hard palate both hard and soft tissues distal to the canines and medial to midline