Reference no: EM133724901

Question

A patient is in the office for nonsurgical peridontal therapy. the dental hygienist is assembling the equipment when she drops the anesthetic cartriges on the floor. Concerned that she has contaminated the cartriges, she drops them into the disinfecting solution t clean them before she loads a cartridge in the syringe. Approximately 30 minutes later, the dental hygienist removes the cartridges from the disinfecting solution and loads the syringe without inspecting the cartridge. she administers an anterior superior alveolar block tot he patient who immediately demonstrates signs of extreme disocmfort.