Question 294 · LDEK · Anesthesia and pharmacology in conservative dentistry

Indicate the true statement concerning anesthesia used in endodontic treatment:

  1. A. during endodontic treatment of mandibular incisors it is necessary to administer anesthesia into the mandibular foramen.
  2. B. intraosseous anesthesia needs special devices.
  3. C. intrapulpal injection may be used only within the pulp chamber.
  4. D. intrapulpal injection is rather painless and well tolerated by patients.
  5. E. in periodontal ligament injection only one tooth is anesthetized, so this type of anesthesia is recommended as a reliable diagnostic test in irreversible pulpitis.
Hint

Think about which technique has to get the needle through the cortical plate into cancellous bone.

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