The dental hygienist ability to provide good dental hygiene care is affected by the willingness and ability of the patient to communicate accurate and complete information about their health status, their needs, desires and concerns to their hygienist. The patient’s motivation to follow your oral health recommendations is affected by the rapport and the trust that is developed between the patient and the hygienist.

How early can mineralization of both supra and sub-gingival calculus begin?

LInda is a great educator and provides great homecare to all her patients. She uses the phase microscope on a regular basis.This particular patient she took a sample of the bacteria present along the marginal tissue of #30 lingual, she saw some cocci but no vibrios, no spirochetes  and no fusobacterium. What could you assume?

OSHA mandates that the dental care provider wear appropriate PPE (Gloves, mask, eye and hair protection and protective clothing or barrier) during patient care involving contact with blood and saliva. PPE should be and can be worn at all times everywhere in HEC.

Which of type of hepatitis MOST often results in a chronic and/or carrier state, but now with the correct medicine(although very expensive) can be cured in some cases?

The most common place to find food debris is in the patient’s

Joe Jolly is a 68 year old male with a history of diabetes, a heart attack three years ago, has completed chemotherapy for prostrate cancer a year and a half ago. How would you classify his ASA physical status.

Exogenous intrinsic stains come from outside sources. Stains such as tobacco and restorative materials and even decay may become exogenous intrinsic.

The primary cause of periodontal disease along with the host is:

Conjugate the verb ‘to be able (can)’ for all the following subject pronouns: yo… tú… usted… él… ella… nosotros/as… vosotros/as… ellos… ellas…