Relevant anatomy

Question 1

What nerve would you anaesthetise if you want to treat the maxillary anteriors?

Answer 1

Anterior superior alveolar nerve

Question 2

What nerve would you anaesthetise if you want to treat the maxillary premolars?

Answer 2

Anterior superior alveolar nerve

Question 3

What nerve would you anaesthetise if you want to treat the maxillary molars?

Answer 3

Posterior superior alveolar nerve

Question 4

What nerves would need to be anaesthetised to make the palate go numb?

Answer 4

Greater palatine nerve

Nasopalatine nerve

Question 5

What nerve would need to be anaesthetised to make the lingual tissues go numb?

Answer 5

Lingual nerve

Question 6

What nerves would need to be anaesthetised to make the buccal tissues of mandibular anteriors numb?

Answer 6

Mental nerve (from inferior alveolar nerve)

Question 7

What nerves would need to be anaesthetised to make the buccal tissues of mandibular premolars numb?

Answer 7

• 1st premolar: Mental nerve (from inferior alveolar nerve)

* 2nd premolar / 1st molar and posterior: long buccal nerve

Question 8

What nerves would you need to anaesthetise to make mandibular teeth go numb?

Answer 8

Inferior alveolar nerve

Question 9

What nerves would you anaesthetise to make the buccal tissues of the maxillary teeth go numb?

Answer 9

• Anterior superior alveolar nerve
• Infraorbital nerve (upper lip and vestibule up to zygomatic process)
• Posterior superior alveolar nerve

Question 10

What nerves would you anaesthetise to make the primary teeth go numb?

Answer 10

• Anteriors and 1st molar: ASA and MSA

* 2nd molar: PSA nerve