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Prior to completion of AROM exercises in the lumbar spine in a patient who has low back pain and is demonstrating a lateral shift, the lateral shift must be corrected and correction maintained for AROM exercises to be effective.

The inflammation of the gingival tissues is ____________.

Place the steps of a scaling, curettage, and polishing appointment in order. 1. Polish the teeth with prophy paste 2. Examine the oral cavity 3. Use scalers and curettes 4. Floss and rinse the mouth

Removing deposits from above and just slightly below the gingival margins is termed ____________.

Any destruction of the interradicular bone is determined to have ____________.

Which type of cleaning aids should be used to clean large interdental spaces or around fixed appliances?

Use the table below to determine the following:    a. The boiling temperature for water: [waterc] b. Normal temperature for the human body: [tempc]

The surgical removal of diseased gingival tissue that forms the periodontal pocket is ____________.

Removing the subgingival deposits, smoothing the root surface, and removing irritants from deep pockets is termed ____________.

Complete each of the following conversions between SI units and U.S. Customary unit.  Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.  a. 8 lbs  = [kilograms] kg  b. 38 cm = [inches] in.  c. 4 yd = [centimeters] cm