There is seldom a need to administer more than ____ cartridges during any appointment involving dental hygiene care, and the maximum number of cartridges of any type of anesthesia that the manufacturers recommend is ____.

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The procedures done by a dental hygienist in an hour appointment would rarely require more than four cartridges. Four cartridges is the correct choice for the first part of this answer; however, the maximum dose depends on the calculation of the client's body weight and type of anesthesia being used. Two cartridges are a common amount used for a dental hygiene appointment of one quadrant of scaling and root planing, but the maximum safe dose must be calculated using the client's body weight and the type of anesthetic solution being used. Four cartridges is the correct choice for the first part of this answer; however, the maximum dose depends on the calculation of the client's body weight and type of anesthesia being used.

There Is Seldom a Need to Administer More Than ____