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You have a 57-year-old female patient report for her Periodontal Maintenance appointment. She was running a few minutes behind schedule and missed her bus to get to your appointment, so she had to walk to the clinic. When you take her blood pressure, it reads 139/99. Her pulse is 95 BPM, and her respiratory rate is 22. After reviewing the patient’s medical history, she reports no new ER visits or hospital stays, but she is still having issues with her stent that was placed in 2019 from a previous heart attack, and is still taking the depressant drug, Valium for her generalized anxiety. During the dental history portion, you find out this patient has a 7/10 fear of the dentist due to past trauma. During assessments, you determine this patient is at high risk for caries. This patient has a lot of radiographic calculus subgingivally, especially on the distals of her 2nd molars. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: The patient is due for an exam today. If the last radiographs were taken in December of 2022, would new radiographs be recommended and why?

Your 56 year old female patient presents for her 6 month recall appointment. Her medical history indicates a history of anxiety, depression and hypothyroidism. Her vitals today are blood pressure of 154/92, heart rate of 72, and 20 respirations and she expresses a lot of anxiety about the possibility of contracting illnesses when being in a patient care environment.  When conducting the head and neck exam, you note generalized lentigines, and severe acne. When inspecting her dentition, you note generalized restorations in the posterior, and notice facial notching on the anteriors from clenching and grinding. QUESTION: The damage on the anteriors is referred to as ______ .

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q21: Which of the following functions as a cis-acting factor to regulate eukaryotic gene expression?

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q3: Which of the following statements about polynucleotides is TRUE?

Kyle is a transgender patient who prefers male pronouns. He presents to the office for his 3-month recall appointment. His health history is unchanged with a history of current renal (kidney) disease that he has been dialysis treatment for since earlier this year and a history of breast cancer, in remission since 2018.  His dental history includes dry mouth and full-mouth Scaling and Root Planing (SRP) in 2014. Today’s periodontal charting is largely unchanged to compared to past visits, his periodontal condition is stable with very little bleeding and generalized 4mm pocketing in the posterior sextants. When visiting family out of state last month he broke a tooth and had an emergency root canal at a local office. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What is a possible consideration for this patient given his history of breast cancer surgery?

Your 72 year old, diabetic patient, with no known allergies, presents for her appointment and it has been a little over a year since you have seen her last. While going through her medical history you find out she had a joint replacement 9 months ago. You find out she didn’t take a pre-medication and and send her home after consulting with her surgeon. Before dismissing her, you complete the head exam and update the risk assessments. You notice a 5×5 mm red, raised lesion on her lower lip that she says she got from biting really hard a few days ago. She returns the next day, she took her pre-med and now you can begin the rest of your assessments. Vitals: BP-120/78, pulse 60, respirations 70.  During assessments she has generalized 5-6 mm probing depths in her posterior teeth and you determine she has a calculus level of .3. She will need full mouth SRP. You will begin the SRP on the maxillary right quadrant at the next appointment and ask her to check her glucose at the beginning of the next appointment.  QUESTION: Which best describes the lesion that is detected on the lower lip?

You are reviewing your clinic book to prepare for spring semester clinic.  Use the information that you have learned through these resources and your time in clinic to answer the following questions. QUESTION: When planning to complete a patient today, by what time do you have to check out scaling?

BCH4024 F2024 OC E4 Q2: If a bacterial genome is comprised of 31% C, which of the following statements is FALSE based on Chargaff’s Rules?

Your new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history shows that she is asthmatic, HIV positive, smokes hookah socially (between 1 and 3 days a week), has high blood pressure, and reports that all of her conditions are controlled with medications. She lists 5 medications that she takes that you look up to match with her conditions. Her last dental visit was approximately two years ago to have a tooth removed on an emergency basis, and she says she remembers them taking X-rays at that appointment. Her vitals today are BP 129/70, Pulse 54, Respiration 20. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What modification may be needed if the patient is having difficulty controlling her asthma this week?

Suppose you capture and mark 10 turtles at a pond. After releasing the turtles, you return a few days later and catch 20 turtles. Of the 20 turtles, 5 are already marked. How many turtles are in the total population?