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            Each quiz question should follow the format below. 
            Ensure that you carefully recheck the questions and answers for accuracy. 
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            [

                    "question": "WRITE THE QUESTION HERE",
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                    "answer": INDEX_OF_CORRECT_ANSWER_IN_OPTIONS_LIST,
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            ]

            Text:
             variation in normal 
anatomy (e.g., in the size and shape of the head or 
in the thickness of bone) from person to person 
e.g.: 
1. Height of the mandibular foramen. 
2. Flare of the ramus. 
3. Thickness of the cortical plate of bone. 
            (especially in the maxilla)  
 
●  Supra-periosteal infiltration provides a shorter 
duration or an inadequate depth of anaesthesia 
when alveolar bone is denser than usual. 
● The zygomatic arch is lower primarily in children, 
and occasionally in adults, infiltration anaesthesia 
of the maxillary first and second molars may 
provide a shorter duration or fail. 
● Palatal root of maxillary molars may not be 
adequately anaesthetised by infiltration, when the  
root flares more toward the midline of the palate 
(even in the presence of normal thickness of the 
buccal alveolar bone).  
5. 
Type 
of 
injection 
● A nerve block provides a longer duration of pulpal 
administered 
(supra-
periosteal 
infiltration 
or 
nerve block) 
and soft tissue anaesthesia than is provided by 
supra-periosteal infiltration injection) 
● Less than recommended volumes decrease the 
duration of action.  
● Larger than recommended doses do not provide 
increased duration. 
 
 
 
 
Maximum Recommended Doses (MRD) of Local Anesthetics 
 
● Doses of local anaesthetic drugs are presented as milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) or 
as milligrams per pound (mg/lb) 
● The Bell-shaped curve explains how patients respond to local anesthetics (LA) based 
on their blood levels: 
1. Normal responders: For most patients, LA blood levels fall within the middle 
of the distribution curve, meaning the maximum recommended dose stays 
below the threshold for overdose. 
2. Hypo-responders: These patients require significantly higher blood levels to 
experience toxicity, presenting little risk at standard doses. 
3. Hyper-responders: These patients may develop toxicity 
 at much lower blood 
levels than typically needed for overdose. 
● To ensure safety, especially with hyper-responders, 
●  use the smallest effective dose of LA in most patients. 
● Two groups of patients have potentially increased risk from high local anaesthetic blood 
levels: 
1. Children.  
2. Debilitated elderly individuals. 
 
 
 
 
● The MRD calculated should be decreased in medically compromised (ASA3 or ASA4), 
debilitated, or elderly persons due to changes in:  
1. Liver function. 
2. Plasma protein binding. 
3. Blood volume. 
• This influences the local anesthetic distribution and biotransformation in the body 
resulting in increased plasma blood level of the drug, with subsequent increased risk of 
toxicity.  
● The elimination half-life of amide local anaesthetics significantly increased in the 
presence of decreased liver function or perfusion. 
● The time over which the local anaesthetic dose was administered determine the 
probability of toxicity occurrence ——> If all of the amount in mg is administered at 
once, the resulting local anaesthetic blood level will be g

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