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Your 42 year old new patient presents in your new patient exam (NPE) rotation and has not been to a dentist for 20 years.  He has a large amount of supragingival calculus and stain with generalized inflammation.  You check in your head and neck exam with the faculty and determine that there are not any pathological findings, just a variation of normal consisting of bony deposits on the buccal of the mandibular alveolar process and on the palate.  The faculty advises you to get a full series of radiographs and to use the ultrasonic throughout the mouth first since there is so much calculus, charging out a 4355 code, before you will be able to accurately complete periodontal assessments and restorative charting. On the radiographs you see that there is a generally moderate bone loss and radiographic furcation involvement as well as generalized radiographic calculus deposits.  Use this information to answer following questions. QUESTION: What is the term for the procedure (code 4355) of removing heavy calculus and debris before assessments can be accurately completed?

Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation as well as the radiographs to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs and radiographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: Which teeth have had endontic treatment?

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Providing care in an emergency situation is intended to: prepare the injured patient for surgery  prevent further harm to the patient  preserve life place the patient into and unconscious state for transport  stabilize the patient until the appropriate medical assistance arrives 

This document implies that the patient has been informed of the procedures and operation to be performed:

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True or false: Passion is innate.

Which of the following have contributed to the deinstitutionalization of marriage? (Choose all that apply.)

Pneumothoraces are best shown by inspiratory PA or AP projections of the chest. 

What is emotional intimacy? How do you develop it?