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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. Maggie’s stain is probably:

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Kevin Anthony is your 10:00AM patient at the dental hygiene clinic at SPC. He is a 75 year old male. His vitals were as follows: BP 145/88 respiration: 17, Pulse 72. His last cleaning was 9 months ago. Kevin has a history of angina, atherosclerosis (with a heart stent placed in 2000), hypertension, rheumatic fever, and a stroke in 2005. He is allergic to penicillin. He takes lasix (diuretic), Procardia (heart medication) and vitamins daily. He is on a low sodium diet. He prevents with heavy supra and subgingival plaque, light subgingival calculus and no stain. His tissues are dark pink, marginal edema and they bleed upon instrumentation. Which medication should be looked up in the on online in Lexi comp?

Who signs off on the patients health history at SPC  after it has been completed if the patient is new or is a recare to SPC clinic?

Kevin Anthony is your 10:00AM patient at the dental hygiene clinic at SPC. He is a 75 year old male. His vitals were as follows: BP 145/88 respiration: 17, Pulse 72. His last cleaning was 9 months ago. Kevin has a history of angina, atherosclerosis (with a heart stent placed in 2000), hypertension, rheumatic fever, and a stroke in 2005. He is allergic to penicillin. He takes lasix (diuretic), Procardia (heart medication) and vitamins daily. He is on a low sodium diet. He prevents with heavy supra and subgingival plaque, light subgingival calculus and no stain. His tissues are dark pink, marginal edema and they bleed upon instrumentation. Today Mr.Anthony’s Blood pressure according to SPC is

Anti-biofilm agents such as chlorhexidine mouth rinse may cause brown stain where as Marijuana stain is grayisht-black.

Who is the founder of dental hygiene?

Kevin Anthony is your 10:00AM patient at the dental hygiene clinic at SPC. He is a 75 year old male. His vitals were as follows: BP 145/88 respiration: 17, Pulse 72. His last cleaning was 9 months ago. Kevin has a history of angina, atherosclerosis (with a heart stent placed in 2000), hypertension, rheumatic fever, and a stroke in 2005. He is allergic to penicillin. He takes lasix (diuretic), Procardia (heart medication) and vitamins daily. He is on a low sodium diet. He prevents with heavy supra and subgingival plaque, light subgingival calculus and no stain. His tissues are dark pink, marginal edema and they bleed upon instrumentation. Why is Kevin on a low sodium diet?

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