Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist 3rd Edition – Test Bank

Chapter 01: Local Anesthesia in Dental Hygiene Practice: An Introduction

Logothetis: Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist, 3rd Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The first objections to the use of inhalation sedation included all of the following EXCEPT

one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

It was viewed as a religious offense.

It was viewed as an unethical practice.

4. It was viewed as a retardant to the health process.

4. It was viewed as being unsafe and unstable.

ANS: D

Inhalation sedation was viewed as being safe and stable for inhalation. The objections were to operating on an unconscious patient. Some viewed it as offensive to their religious beliefs some viewed it as an ethical matter, and some objected because they believed that the relief from pain might actually retard the health process.

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2. Who was the first dentist to use “laughing gas” for dental procedures?

William Clarke

Horace Wells

Henry Beecher

4. Nils Lofgren

ANS: B

Horace Wells was the first dentist to use “laughing gas” for dental procedures. William Clark is known for his work with ether. Henry Beecher for his observations regarding clinical trials and Nils Lofgren for the synthesis of lidocaine

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3. A highly effective analgesic and antipyretic compound introduced in 1899 and still used today, is commonly referred to as what?

Aspirin

Alcohol

c. Novocaine

4. Opium

ANS: A

A new compound, introduced as aspirin in 1899, proved to be remarkably safe and well tolerated by patients. It is a highly effective analgesic and antipyretic Alcohol and opium were universally popular narcotics used for pain control as was Novocaine (procaine), a local anesthetic.

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4. Early methods of pain control included all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one is the

EXCEPTIONT

Use of opin

Use of halothane

e. Roots, berries, and seeds

4. Scaring off of demons

ANS: B

Halothane was not an early method of pain control as it was introduced in 1956. Early methods of pain control included the use of opium, religious techniques of scaring off demons; and the use of plants and herbs for treating pain

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5. Pain threshold is best described as which of the following?

The physical and emotional response to a particular situation The relationship between human need fulfillment and human behavior.

. A neurologic experience of pain.

4. The point at which a sensation starts to be painful and discomfort results.

ANS: D

Pain threshold is best described as the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and discomfort results. The physical and emotional response to a particular situation describes stress the relationship between human need fulfillment and human behavior is known as the Human Needs Paradigm, and a neurologic experience of pain describes pain perception.

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6. The sewologic experience of pain is refemed to as what?

Pain control

Pain threshold

c. Pain perception

4. Pain reaction

ANS: C

Pain perorption is the neurologic experience of pain. It differs little between individuals Pain control refers to the mechanism to alleviate pain, paintershold is the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and discomfort els and pain reaction is the personall interpretation of and response to the pain message and is highly variable between individuals.

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7. An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience is called what?

Pain

Pain controll

Pain thorsbold

4. Pain traction

ANS A

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. Pain control refers to the mechanism to alleviate pain, pain threshold is the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and discomfort results and pain reaction is the personal interpretation of and response to the pain Жения

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8. The personal interpretation and response to the pain message is called what?

Pain

Pain controll

Pain threshold

4. Pain reaction

ANS: D

The personal interpretation and response to the pais message is called one’s pain reaction. It is highly variable among individuals. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience pain control refers to the mechanism to alleviate pain and pain threshold is the point at which a sensation starts to be painful and disco

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9. The creation of the loss of sensation in a circumscribed area, without loss of consciousness, best defines which of the following?

Inhalation anesthesia

Local anesthesis

General anesthesia

d. All options listed

ANS: B

Local anesthesia creates a sumbing feeling of the loss of sensation in a circumscribed area, without loss of consciousness. Inhalation and general anesthesia involve loss of consciousness

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10. The newest amide to arrive on the dental market in the United States is which one of the

following?

Mepivacaine

Lidocaine