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Caselet Two – 5 of 5 questions Bill, a 30-year-old patient, presents to the office for routine dental hygiene therapy.  Bill has always reported that he has had seizures.  This visit he indicates that he has been having a seizure about once a week.  Since his seizures have been happening more frequently, his doctor has put him on phenytoin.  The dental hygienist asks Bill about his seizures and he states that he usually notices very strong smells before his seizures.  His seizures usually last about 10 seconds, he loses consciousness, and usually his eyelids twitch.  He comes out of it quickly and usually does not remember what has happened.  During the intraoral exam the dental hygienist notes that the gingiva in the upper anterior interdental area is enlarged and is somewhat fibrotic.  Bill says he has noticed it, but it is not painful. The dental hygienist determines Bill has slight to moderate gingival enlargement.  Which of the following is not part of the dental hygiene care plan?

A patient with bipolar disorder who takes a mood stabilizer such as lithium may experience the following, except:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a depressive disorder?

If a tonic-clonic seizure continues without recovery or lasts more than 5 minutes, it may progress to:

The following are effects of alcohol intoxication, except:

A stepladder trabecular bone pattern with large marrow spaces interproximally is a characteristic radiograph finds for which disease?

Which of the following has the strongest association with development of rheumatoid arthritis?

The dental chair should be in which position for patients with a respiratory disease?

The chronic systemic autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies attack healthy cells in the exocrine glands followed by many other organs is:

The following statements are true except one.  Which one is the exception?