Building blocks of connective tissue.

You are seeing a patient in your office. The patient is very compliant and comes every 6 months for dental hygiene recare. The patient reports they have a fluid filled lesion that  hasn’t healed for over 4 weeks on inside of lip. The doctor is not in the office. What is your obligation as a dental hygienist/dental therapist? What are the steps you should take to make sure all information is gathered? Explain what you would do for this patient. 

What is granulation tissue composed of?

What do you see on tooth #31?

What could cause condition on tooth #20?  

A study was conducted to compare female and male college students based on the number of hours they spend watching television on weekends. Results are summarized below. Female group mean = 4.52Male group mean = 4.89Standard error for the difference the two sample means = 0.11 With the difference in population means defined as “Female minus Male” which of the following presents the correct test statistic?

What condition does this patient likely have? It is fungal in nature and commonly found in corners of mouth. Typically occurs during ortho treatment. 

What is the type of inflammation that is long lasting and causes extensive tissue destruction?

Explain the process of acute inflammation becoming chronic inflammation. What does this process look like clinically? Be as specific as possible.     

A researcher wants to compare the hand-eye coordination of men and women and determine if there is a difference in the mean time needed to complete a task. She finds a sample of 50 men and sample of 50 women for this study. Each person is asked to thread a needle where the time needed to complete this task is recorded in seconds. What is the correct alternative hypothesis for this hypothesis test?