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All of the following interventions EXCEPT one might be provided in the dental setting to treat this client’s areas of dentinal hypersensitivity. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

Your new patient, Mrs. Gingi Va is seated in your chair.  She is 55 years old and recently retired from the school district.  She appears to be a little apprehensive and uncomfortable being at her appointment.  Her medical history indicates high blood pressure and a heart murmur.  She says her heart murmur is okay and that she has had it for 21 years.  Additionally, she has a pace maker, and shows you documentation from her cardiologist that it is shielded and was placed five years ago.  Mrs. Gingi Va’s last medical exam was last month as she has recently had her left hip replaced.  She takes no medications presently by prescription.  She used to smoke one pack of cigarettes per day but no longer smokes due to successful acupuncture therapy.  Her last cleaning was over five years ago.  When Mrs. Gingi Va has had her teeth scaled in the past, it has been painful, and she has experienced post treatment sensitivity.  She also states apprehension because she is worried about her “gums hurting while the scraping happens”.  She loves her Starbucks and drinks vanilla lattes all day long.  She states she has all of her teeth with the exception of an implant that is replacing tooth #9.  She wears a nite guard appliance that is designed to reduce night-time occlusal forces on the implant.  Your patient states that she has been experiencing ‘movement’ and bleeding with her implant tooth #9. What should you do?  

The total width of the gingiva on the facial aspect of a lower right canine is 8 mm. The gingival margin level is +1. The probing depth is 4 mm. What is the width of the attached gingiva for this tooth?

All of the following are TRUE of magnetostrictive ultrasonic scaling units EXCEPT:

Which of the following is the best single estimate of the periodontal support around a tooth?

Which of the following notations should be recorded as the gingival margin level for the tooth illustrated below? Assume that the markings on the color-coded probe are at 3, 6, 9, and 12 mm.

The descriptive terms “right” and “left” for the curved slim ultrasonic tips refer only to the bend in the insert design, not to the location for use in the mouth.

Your new patient, Mrs. Gingi Va is seated in your chair.  She is 55 years old and recently retired from the school district.  She appears to be a little apprehensive and uncomfortable being at her appointment.  Her medical history indicates high blood pressure and a heart murmur.  She says her heart murmur is okay and that she has had it for 21 years.  Additionally, she has a pace maker, and shows you documentation from her cardiologist that it is shielded and was placed five years ago.  Mrs. Gingi Va’s last medical exam was last month as she has recently had her left hip replaced.  She takes no medications presently by prescription.  She used to smoke one pack of cigarettes per day but no longer smokes due to successful acupuncture therapy.  Her last cleaning was over five years ago.  When Mrs. Gingi Va has had her teeth scaled in the past, it has been painful, and she has experienced post treatment sensitivity.  She also states apprehension because she is worried about her “gums hurting while the scraping happens”.  She loves her Starbucks and drinks vanilla lattes all day long.  She states she has all of her teeth with the exception of an implant that is replacing tooth #9.  She wears a nite guard appliance that is designed to reduce night-time occlusal forces on the implant.  Mrs. Gingi Va shows signs of Human Needs deficit in which of the following areas?  

A local university wants to estimate the proportion of its students who regularly dine at the campus dining hall. A 95% confidence interval is constructed:    (0.40 and 0.52) A. Interpret, in the context of the problem, the confidence interval provided above. [3 points] B. State the point estimate for the proportion of university students who regularly dine at the campus dining hall. [3 points] C. Find the margin of error for the confidence interval. [3 points] D. An upcoming school newspaper is interested in reporting that a majority of university students regularly dine at the campus dining hall. Do we have 95% confidence in this statement. Explain how you know in one complete sentence. [3 points] E. Describe in detail and in a complete sentence what happens to the confidence interval if, instead, a 90% confidence interval were built. Be specific about what value(s) in the formula will change. [3 points]  

The stroke or distance traveled by the tip is longer for the 25 kHz than for the 30 kHz design.