When dental work is performed on the lower teeth, a nerve block is often needed to produce complete local anesthesia of all the teeth in a quadrant. The same is not true for the upper teeth. Why not? What other injection technique can be used to anesthetize maxillary teeth?
Purpose: The dental assistant must have an understanding of which nerves innervate teeth in order to effectively assist the dentist during procedures requiring anesthesia. In these procedures, the dental assistant is responsible for placing the topical anesthetic in the correct site in preparation for local anesthetic. Instructions: Part 1 Read the Case Study that follows […]