Test Bank for Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals 2nd Edition by Kathy Bassett , Arthur DiMarco, and Doreen Naughton
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Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals 2nd Edition by Kathy Bassett , Arthur DiMarco, and Doreen Naughton
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Local Anesthesia for Dental Professionals


1) Troubleshooting is the ability to critically assess and resolve anesthesia inadequacies in order
to provide comfortable patient care.
A) True
B) False
Answer: A
Objective: 1
2) Dental hygienists and mid-level providers in all states and provinces receive the same
education, and require the same level of supervision for administering local anesthesia.
A) True
B) False
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Specific requirements for dental hygienists and mid-level providers vary
regarding the type, degree, or extent of injections, as well as the required extent of supervision,
education, and examination. Clinicians must be knowledgeable regarding the specifics of the
practice acts governing their particular practice locations.
Objective: 1
3) Dentists are the only providers of local anesthesia in dentistry in North America.
A) True
B) False
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In most states and provinces, dental local anesthesia providers include dentists,
dental hygienists, and in some states and provinces, mid-level and/or expanded function
clinicians.
Objective: 2
4) The first state to license dental hygienists to deliver local anesthetic agents was California in
1975.
A) True
B) False
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The first state to license dental hygienists to deliver local anesthetic agents was
Washington in 1971.
Objective: 2