Types of Local Anesthesia

Question 1

There are 3 types of local anesthetic injections. What are they?

Answer 1

1. infiltration
2. regional block
3. nerve block

Question 2

What does the infiltration anesthetizes what?

Answer 2

anesthetizes a small area, including one or two teeth an associated tissue by injection near the apices.
(small area)

Question 3

What does the regional block anesthetizes what?

Answer 3

higher up in nerve organization; e.g. PSA

medium area

Question 4

What doe the nerve block anesthetizes what?

Answer 4

affects a larger area than local infiltration and thus, more teeth. deposited near large nerve trunks. (a whole quadrant) (BIG area)

Question 5

Infiltration is used mostly on the maxillary because it is more?

Answer 5

bone is porous

Question 6

Nerve block is used more on the mandibular because?

Answer 6

bone is dense