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Briefly explain the historical context of this political cartoon. In other words, what is this cartoon trying to say?   

All of the following oral conditions represents a contraindication for coronal polishing, and a reason for selective polishing, EXCEPT:

CASE #4: Your new patient presents with a chief complaint of “I want to get established as a patient and I think I may have some gum issues going on”. During the health history and dental history, the patient reports high blood pressure and diabetes that he takes medications for and that he is a current daily cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping user.  He used to have regular dental hygiene appointments, but has not been in a dental office since the COVID pandemic started in 2020. During the head and neck exam you identify that they have a white and yellow lesion on their side of their tongue, 3 teeth that appear to have decay and gingiva that is swollen, red, and blunted. When you ask about the tongue, the patient says that it has been there for about a month and has not healed. During the periodontal and clinical examination you detect 4-6mm probe depths on all of the posterior teeth, furcation involvement on several molars and generalized bleeding. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: Would this patient need a periodontal consult and would there be a charge for this consultation at the College of Dentistry?

CASE #2: You are seeing a patient who is has recently finished chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer. They have not had a dental visit for two years and in completing your assessments, you are seeing several areas of decay. You take bitewing radiographs and two anterior periapical radiographs and determine that they have areas on the posterior proximal surfaces, at the margins of two crowns and fillings on #3 and #31, and on the proximal surfaces of #10 and #11. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: Which classification would the decay on #10 and #11 be classified as?

Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912 primarily due to the fact that ____________________. 

On your new patient you are using the light, explorers and radiographic images to determine where there are restorations, check the restorations for areas of decay and to determine where there is calculus to remove.  On tooth #30 there is an area where there is a gap between the tooth and the amalgam that you can stick the explorer in.  On tooth #18, there is excessive amalgam material that extends into the proximal embrasure space.  You feel vibrations that indicate that there is calculus on many of proximal surfaces, you estimate about 25% of the surfaces total.  One of the patient’s chief complaints for today is that his bridge fell out and he brought it with him in hopes it could be re-cemented. QUESTION: According to what is seen in this photo, what types of crowns make up his fixed partial denture/bridge–(notice the reflection underneath to see inside the crowns) that you will chart?

Hypocalcification or hypoplasia are types of discoloration that can form from factors such as high fevers during tooth development. What type of staining is this and can it be removed with coronal polishing?

Explain the historical context of this political cartoon. In other words, what is the cartoon trying to say?  

CASE STUDY #1: Your patient presents for a periodontal maintenance appointment after being gone for 10 months due to the pandemic.  She is usually on a 4 month recall, so this is an amount of time that would usually have included two appointments.   She reports hypertension and diabetes, both of which she controls with medications, and her vitals today are BP 130/86, pulse 88, respirations 14. In doing your periodontal assessments and radiographs, you determine that she has 4mm probe depths in the anterior teeth, several 5-6mm probe depths in the posterior teeth with isolated furcation involvement and generalized moderate to heavy calculus.  She has several amalgam restorations and crowns and you notice several areas of demineralization and recurrent decay, but she is not having any pain or sensitivity.  Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Your instructor advises that you may need a higher amount of power to remove the calculus.  Which inserts cannot tolerate greater than low to medium power?

You are scheduled to complete a periodontal maintenance on your patient.  They last had complete periodontal charting and head and neck exam at their last appointment 4 months ago.  When assessing your patient with a head and neck exam, you determine that they have a lesion on their lip from an accidental bite and that there are two large nevi on their face that were not noted before. While doing your periodontal assessments you determine that there are scattered 4-6mm probe depths, isolated areas of mobility and both generalized recession and furcation involvement. QUESTION: How should your probe be angled to access the probe depths in the proximals of the molars?