Week 3 notes

Question 1

Mental nerve block affects what?

Answer 1

bone, teeth and soft tissue rostral to the site of injection

Question 2

how do you block the mental nerve?

Answer 2

place the needle at the middle mental foramen

Question 3

where do you palpate the middle mental foramen on the dog?

Answer 3

buccal aspect of the mandible just below the mesial root of the second premolar

Question 4

Inferior alveolar block affects what?

Answer 4

all teeth in the mandible on the side of injection and also soft tissue like the tongue

Question 5

how do you block the inferior alveolar nerve in a dog and cat?

Answer 5

Dog- needle directed into the tissues behind the last molar at the foramen which is about 2/3 of the way halfway between the last molar and the angular process on the lingual aspect
Cat- made at foramen, at a point about halfway to the angular process from the last molar

Question 6

Infaorbital nerve block affects?

Answer 6

the bone, soft tissue, upper incisors, canine, and premolars on the side of injection.

Question 7

How do you block the infraorbital nerve?

Answer 7

infraorbital foramen can be palpated int he maxilla dorsal to the distal root of the upper third premolar.

Question 8

Maxillary nerve block affects?

Answer 8

maxillary bone, teeth, soft tissue, and palate on the side of the injection

Question 9

how do you block the infraorbital nerve?

Answer 9

above the last upper molar just behind the notch at the rostral ventral aspect of the zygomatic arch