Dental Anesthetics Dental Anesthetics, Exams of Anesthesiology

Download Dental Anesthetics Dental Anesthetics and more Exams Anesthesiology in PDF only on Docsity! Dental Anesthetics Analgesia - Stage of anesthesia in which the patient is relaxed and conscious Anesthesia - Temporary loss of feeling or sensation Anesthetic - Medication that produces temporary loss of feeling or sensation Paresthesia - Numbness that lasts after the affects of local anesthetic solution should have worn off Diffuse - To spread from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration Duration - Time from induction to complete reversal of anesthesia Gauge - Standard dimension or measurement of the thickness of an injection needle Induction - Time from injection to effective anesthesia Innervation - Supply or distribution of nerves to a specific body part Lumen - The hollow center of the injection needle. Oximetry - Measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood Permeate - To spread or flow throughout Porous - Describes an object with minute openings that allow the passage of gas or fluid Systemic Toxicity - Related to a system, or typically the entire body 1 Tidal Volume - Amount of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath Titrate - To determine the concentration of a substance Vasoconstrictor - Type of drug that constricts (narrows) blood vessels; used to prolong anesthetic action Topical Anesthetic - Provide a temporary numbing effect on nerve endings located on the surface of the oral mucosa Local anesthesia - The most frequently used form of pain control in dentistry. This method of pain control provides a safe, effective, and dependable method of anesthesia of suitable duration for virtually all forms of dental treatment. Rapid onset - To take effect quickly Local infiltration - Injecting into a small, isolated area Field Block - The injection of anesthetic near a larger terminal nerve branch Nerve Block - Local anesthetic is deposited close to a main nerve trunk Anterior palatine nerve block - Anesthesia in the posterior portion of the hard palate Nasopalatine nerve block - anesthesia in the anterior hard palate Inferior alveolar nerve block - Injecting the anesthetic solution near, but not into, the branches of the inferior alveolar nerve, close to the mandibular foramen. Buccal Nerve block - Anesthesia to the buccal soft tissues closest to the mandibular molars Incisive Nerve Block - Given only when the mandibular anterior teeth or premolars require anesthesia. Given at the site of the mental foramen. 2