Question 26 of 35

Delivering Local Anesthetics

Click on the correct answer to the following question:

Immediately after administering a left IAN to your patient, the left side of his face droops. In addition, the area did not become anesthetized. What most likely occurred:

  1. the needle was inserted too deep
  2. the needle was not inserted deep enough
  3. the needle traumatized the lingual nerve
  4. anesthetic solution was inadvertently deposited while the needle was advancing