Your new patient presents to establish as a patient and you are completing all of their assessments.  They are a current smoker and their oral hygiene is fair to poor.  Their tongue is coated and has a dark coloration to it.  It also has a white plaque along the right lateral border that the patient was unaware of.  This plaque is not removable and is asymptomatic. The chief complaint is that they have noticed “some redness and irritation along their gums and inside their right cheek” that started to appear a few weeks ago and has gotten worse.  They are also concerned about the staining on their tongue.  They would like to have these looked at and get established as a patient at the dental school. QUESTION: You recognize the redness and white striations as a condition that can effect the tongue, gingiva and mucosa, which can be erosive and painful in some cases.  What is the name of this condition that you suspect and will confirm with the pathologist?  

You are a poor immigrant mother living in a crowded tenement in New York City. A man with a camera approaches you and offers to pay you if he can take your picture. He wants to show the rest of the country the horrible conditions you are living in. You agree. What is most likely the man’s name?

Which of the following ratio of 70% ethanol : aqueous solution is used for DNA precipitation respectively?

During agarose gel electrophoresis, the double stranded linear form of a DNA plasmid will run:

 Foreskin:

A gastrostomy is a new opening (-stomy) of the ______  (gastr/o) to the outside of the body.

This photo shows the same person just three years apart. Using historical context, explain what most probably happened to cause such a drastic change.   

The person who created this image probably would have supported which of the following parties in the late 1800s?  

True or false: The Homestead strike and the Pullman strike showed that the government would side with the workers in labor disputes. 

The last day of classes is?