Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is a…
Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation as well as the radiographs to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs and radiographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: What classification of composite is on the mesial of #9?
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Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: What is wrong with the composites on #9 D and #10 F?
Read DetailsYour new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history…
Your new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history shows that she is asthmatic, HIV positive, smokes hookah socially (between 1 and 3 days a week), has high blood pressure, and reports that all of her conditions are controlled with medications. She lists 5 medications that she takes that you look up to match with her conditions. Her last dental visit was approximately two years ago to have a tooth removed on an emergency basis, and she says she remembers them taking X-rays at that appointment. Her vitals today are BP 129/70, Pulse 54, Respiration 20. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What infection control modifications are used for this patient?
Read DetailsYour new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is a…
Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: Which would NOT be a restorative option to discuss with the patient to fill the space?
Read DetailsYour new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history…
Your new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history shows that she is asthmatic, HIV positive, smokes hookah socially (between 1 and 3 days a week), has high blood pressure, and reports that all of her conditions are controlled with medications. She lists 5 medications that she takes that you look up to match with her conditions. Her last dental visit was approximately two years ago to have a tooth removed on an emergency basis, and she says she remembers them taking X-rays at that appointment. Her vitals today are BP 129/70, Pulse 54, Respiration 20. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What is the terminology that describes her pulse rate and is this a concern?
Read DetailsKyle is a transgender patient who prefers male pronouns. He…
Kyle is a transgender patient who prefers male pronouns. He presents to the office for his 3-month recall appointment. His health history is unchanged with a history of current renal (kidney) disease that he has been dialysis treatment for since earlier this year and a history of breast cancer, in remission since 2018. His dental history includes dry mouth and full-mouth Scaling and Root Planing (SRP) in 2014. Today’s periodontal charting is largely unchanged to compared to past visits, his periodontal condition is stable with very little bleeding and generalized 4mm pocketing in the posterior sextants. When visiting family out of state last month he broke a tooth and had an emergency root canal at a local office. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What is the most appropriate explanation for the coronal polishing when the patient ask why it is done?
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Your first patient in the spring has hypothroid and hypertension, both controlled with medications. The vitals for today are 114/64, pulse 80 and respirations 14. They haven’t had a dental appointment in a year and had bitewings taken then. Your head and neck findings indicate a few abnormalities to chart and their periodontal assessments indicates that they have localized recession and generalized 1-3mm probe depths. They indicate that they clench at night and you find that some of the anterior teeth move less than 1mm when you test mobility using 2 blunt ends of instruments. Since they are low risk for caries and have no dental concerns, you determine that they do not need new radiographs. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What would you note for these two sores on the labial mucosa and vestibule (whitish/yellow with red ring)?
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Your patient presents for a prophy today after being away from the dental office for over five years. After updating the medical history, you add that the patient has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus and went to the hospital four months ago for a broken wrist after falling, and has developed an allergy to penicillin. They had an artificial heart valve placed in 2020, and they report taking taking Warfarin, Metformin and a multivitamin daily. Upon completing the risk assessments and periodontal charting, you note that they are at high risk for caries and periodontal disease and have generalized 3-6mm and localized 7 and 8mm probe depths with generalized recession. Based off of this information, answer the following questions. QUESTION: What antibiotic pre-medication regimen does this patient require?
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