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Case Study #2: Your patient was recently diagnosed with Hepatitis C (HCV) and is getting ready to start taking medications, she reports no other health issues.  On her dental history she reports an 8/10 fear of the dentist and has a tooth that has been painful that she wants the dentist to examine. The vital signs you get today are BP: 142/92, pulse 102 and respirations 22.  As you are finishing up the appointment, you accidentally sustain a minor cut from a scaling instrument that has already been used in her mouth as you are organizing your cassette. The patient is still with you in the operatory, you have not dismissed her yet. Use this scenario to answer the next 4 questions. QUESTION: Should you get tested for Hepatitis C?

​The vitamin needed for regulation of calcium metabolism is ____.

Briefly describe at least 2 reasons why French colonization tended to have fewer people than English colonization according to your text.

CASE STUDY #4: You are a new dental hygiene student discussing your chosen profession with a stranger who knows nothing about dental hygiene or sterilization. They ask about what hygienists do, what they cannot do and what types of settings hygienists can work in. They are also curious about the safety and infection control within an office. Use this information to answer the next questions. QUESTION: Which of the following is something that a dental hygienist CANNOT do in Ohio?

You are seeing a periodontal maintenance patient who had some tissue grafting for recession and the correction of a periodontal defect with some bone grafting done this summer. As you are updating their medications, you are removing the pain medications they were on for the surgery and see that chlorhexidine rinse was also prescribed. You know that chlorhexidine rinse is an antiseptic rinse that is often prescribed after oral surgery and ask them if they are still using it. They say that they used the full bottle, but didn’t get it refilled because they were disappointment with how much staining it caused on their teeth. When you do your oral exam, this is the result that you see. The patient is concerned about whether it is permanent or if you will be able to remove it today. Use this photo and this case to answer the following questions. QUESTION: What type of staining is resulting from the chlorhexidine rinse?

CASE #2: You are seeing a patient who is has recently finished chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer. They have not had a dental visit for two years and in completing your assessments, you are seeing several areas of decay. You take bitewing radiographs and two anterior periapical radiographs and determine that they have areas on the posterior proximal surfaces, at the margins of two crowns and fillings on #3 and #31, and on the proximal surfaces of #10 and #11. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: What classification would be assigned to the decay that you see on the posterior proximal surfaces?

If a woman has a severe iodine deficiency during pregnancy, her child may have ____.​

  This image was associated with which of the following?

Briefly explain the phrase “The shot heard ’round the world”. What was this “shot” and how was it heard “’round the world”?

Which group is least susceptible to iron-deficiency anemia?​