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The following chart entry would be appropriate:  patient presents for extraction of tooth number 20. Gave 1 carpule of anesthesia Lidocaine 1:100,00 epi. Removed tooth with elevator and forcep.  2 silk sutures were placed.  Post –op instructions were given. Patient to return in 2 weeks.  Patient left in good condition.

Inadequate cleaning of the handpiece before sterilization can result in the collection of debris in the internal parts of the handpiece.

__________________ requires employers to maintain certain safe work practices to ensure that employees are protected from potential hazards in the dental office.

Good record keeping equals a good defense and is valuable for patient assessment, treatment and care.

All of the following instruments would be used in an amalgam set-up except:

All of the following are rules for entering data on the patient chart except:

After using a hemocytometer to count fibroblast cells, you find a concentration of 400,000 cells/mL. You now want to split cells and make a new culture that contains 260,000 cells. How many microliters from your original culture would you have to add? Round to the nearest whole number.     

A student is interested in staining the actin cytoskeleton of L-fibroblast cells. He does some research on molecules that can be conjugated with fluorophores to better view actin. Based on your own lab experience, which molecule would you recommend for this student? 

Why did we not need a permeabilizer when staining with Oil-Red O?  

Which of the following is not a type of EU legislation?