Jean needs to have a tooth in her mandible filled. Her dentist injects a local anesthetic to block pain afferents in one of her cranial nerves. What cranial nerve does the dentist numb?

A) trochlear
B) trigeminal
C) facial
D) glossopharyngeal
E) hypoglossal


Answer: B

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