A dental hygienist will probably find the largest deposits of calculus on the:

Kelly is in sterilzation at SPC today as her assigned clinic duty. She places all the plastic implant instruments and plastic mirrors in cold sterilization. How long should they stay submerged in the solution to achieve  sterilization?

The main goal of a dental hygienist is to improve and maintain the oral health of their patient. The concept of evidence-based practice will help the hygienist to answer clinical questions, identify accurate research and use it in practice, and to apply the most up to date and best care to achieve this goal. Evidence-based care is an interaction of several components these include all the following EXCEPT:

Professionalism involves:

Maggie Krieg is a 48 year old female, presenting to SPC as a new patient. She hasn’t been to the dentist in five years. She was prescribed a brush on stannous fluoride gel the last time she was there and had several refills and just ran out thus stop using it about 6-9 months ago. Maggie states that her teeth don’t feel clean since she ran out of fluoride and she doesn’t like the color of her teeth since using the fluoride as it does cause stain, if there is any bacteria on teeth. Her blood pressure is 135/80, pulse 50, respiration: 15. Maggie takes vitamins for health once in awhile when she thinks of it. Her calculus is moderate and plaque minimal. As Maggie’s dental hygienist you explain to Maggie that this type of stain is:

Which medications should be looked up in a drug reference book or on the internet?

Endogenous staining

When gathering of information from a patient’ medical history you are gathering information

The properties of and ideal disinfectant include:

What does the color change on heat-sensitive compounds indicate on autoclave bags and tape?