Question 38 of 46
Yes, that response is correct. There will be 108 mg of mepivicaine administered to your patient.
That is because:
there are 1.8 ml of solution in a dental cartridge
Therefore, 1.8 ml multipled by 2 cartridges times 30 mg/ml equals 108 mg.
Remember that 3% mepivicaine (Carbocaine) does not contain a vasoconstrictor, so a calculation doesn't have to be done to determine the concentration of vasoconstrictor for this local anesthetic agent.
