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1
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what percentage of adults fear the dentist

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21%

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what percentage of the US population avoid dental care due to fear

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10%

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what are the top 10 fear evoking dental situations

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  • dentist laying out instruments
  • sitting in the waiting room
  • dentist squirts air into a cavity
  • dentist laughs as he looks at your mouth
  • dentist places a probe in a cavity
  • dentist is giving you a shot
  • dentist hold needle in front of you
  • dentist tells you your teeth are bad
  • dentist is drilling your tooth
  • dentist is pulling your tooth
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what are the desirable properties for local anesthesia

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  • no irritation to tissue
  • no permanent alteration
  • low systemic toxicity
  • effective if injected into tissue or mucous membranes
  • short onset
  • long enough duration of action for procedure
  • potent yet not harmfully concentrated
  • not elicit allergic reaction
  • readily undergo biotransformation
  • sterile or capable of being sterilized by heat without deterioration
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what are the ways to control pain and anxiety in dentistry

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  • local anesthesia
  • oral sedation
  • I.M. sedation
  • NO sedation
  • I.V. sedation
  • general anesthesia
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what does local anesthesia do

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prevent generation and/or conduction of a nerve impulse
- decrease permeability of ion channels to Na
- nerve block by local anesthesia is a non depolarizing block

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what is pain threshold

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the least experience of pain which a subject can recognize

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what is pain tolerance

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the greatest level of pain which a subject is prepared to tolerate

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what is a sensory neuron made of

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  • CNS
  • trigeminal ganglion
  • foramen
  • nerve fiber
  • pain receptors
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what is the charge of ECF

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more positively charged

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what is the charge of the axoplasm

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more negatively charged

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describe nerve impulse transmission

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  • nerve axon membrane channel closed
  • fiber stimulated, channel opens sodium enters
  • cell depolarized and channel closes
  • potassium exits down concentration and electrical gradients
  • fiber repolarized, Na/K pump restores balance
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where do local anesthetics work

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nerve membrane

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what is the specific receptor theory

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local anesthesia bind to specific receptor on the Na channel

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what are the different theories that try to explain how local anesthetics work

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-acetylcholine theory
- calcium dependent
- surface charge
- membrane expansion but failed

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what is the conduction rate of C fibers vs Alpha and delta fibers

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C fiber is 1.2 m/sec
alpha and delta is 120 m/sec

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what channel is in the node of ranvier

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sodium channel

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what is the basic structure of local anesthetics

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  • lipophilic group and hydrophilic group attached by amide or ester link
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which fiber type is myelinated

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alpha and delta fibers

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to ensure effective anesthesia:

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-2-3 nodes need to be blocked
- 8-10 mm length needed

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what does myelin sheath do

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insulates axons electrically and pharmacologically

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what are the majority of active forms of local anesthetics

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tertiary amine except prilocaine and hexylcaine

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all local anesthetics are ____ except ____

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amphipathic; benzocaine

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which anesthetics have weak local anesthetic properties

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antihistamine and anticholinergic

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what are the two types of local anesthetics and describe both
-amide: resist hydrolysis , excrete unchanged in urine -ester: readily hydrolyzed in aqueous solution
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what are the ester anesthetics
-procaine - propoxycaine - tetracaine - cocaine - benzocaine - dyclonine
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what are the amide anesthetics
- lidocaine - etidocaine - mepivacaine - bupicacaine - prilocaine - articaine
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why is benzocaine a topical and not an injector
it doesnt have a hydrophilic group
23
how does local anesthesia dissociate
- they are weak basic compounds - combine with acids to from local anesthetic salt (HCl)
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what is the chemical formula for dissociation of local
RNH+ -> RN + H+ where RNH+ is cation and RN is uncharged molecule (free base)
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what does the relative proportion of ionic form depend on
pKa
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what is the henderson- hasselbalch equation
log base/acid = pH - pKa
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when pH of a solution = pKa you have:
50/50 RN/RNH+
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what are the two factors involved in the action of local anesthesia
-diffusion through nerve sheath - binding at receptor site
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what is the normal tissue pH of etidocaine and how much acid and base is there
7.4 - 25% free base (RN), 75% cation (RNH+)
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if theres 1000 molecules available of etidocaine how many will diffuse through the membrane
250 lipophilic RN
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once at intracellular level etidocaine will re- equilibrate into
70 RN and 180 RNH+
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high pKa will translate to ____ because
slow onset because few base molecules available to diffuse
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why is inflamed or infected tissue much more difficult to get adequate anesthesia to
because of lower pH or high H+
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what does low pH equate to in local anesthesia
longer shelf life
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what is the optimum pH for most anesthesia
5.5 to 7
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what is sodium bisulfite added with
vasoconstrictor
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what difference does adding a vasoconstrictor make
slower onset
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most topical anesthesia is prepared in _______ compared to injectable local anesthesia
more concentraated
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why is topical anesthesia more concentrated compared to injectable
poor buffering capacity of mucous membrane
40
what is the order of layers the anesthesia crosses in the nerve
endoneurium -> perineurium -> epineurium
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which layer of the nerve is the greatest barrier of diffusion for the anesthesia and why
perineurium because it is thickest
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where do mantle fibers innervate
proximal region of molars
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what does the core fiber innervate
distal points such as incisors
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what does complete conduction blockade require
volume and concentration
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what happens to injected local anesthesia
- absorbed by nonneural tissue - diluted by interstitial fluid - removed by capillaries and lymphatic system - for ester type: immediate enzymatic hydrolysis
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how does lower pKa affect onset of action
faster
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how does lipid solubility relate to potency
greater potency if more lipids
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how does protein binding affect duration of anesthetic
increased protein binding increases duration
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nerve membrane is ____ lipid
90%
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nerve membrane is ____ protein
10%
51
how does the tissue recover from nerve block
- reverse of anesthetic induction pattern - intraneural concentration exceeds extraneural concentration
52
what is meant by recurrence of immediate profound anesthesia
- reduced concentration at mantle fibers - residual local + newly deposited supply = immediate profound anesthesia
53
when is it difficult to reestablish profound anesthesia
- surgical procedure outlasts effectiveness of med - tachyphylaxis
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what is tachyphylaxis
increased tolerance to frug after repeated administration
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what are the factors that affect tachyphylaxis
- edema - localized hemorrhage - clot formation - transudation - hypernatremia - decreased pH of the tissue
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what are the 3 main physiochemical properties of local anesthetics
- lipid solubility - pKa - protein binding
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when is pain tolerance the highest? lowest?
- highest: 8 am - lowest: 4 pm
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what does lipid solubility influence
potency
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what does pKa influence
onset
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what does protein binding influence
duration
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