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Kevin Anthony is your 10:00AM patient at the dental hygiene clinic at SPC. He is a 75 year old male. His vitals were as follows: BP 145/88 respiration: 17, Pulse 72. His last cleaning was 9 months ago. Kevin has a history of angina, atherosclerosis (with a heart stent placed in 2000), hypertension, rheumatic fever, and a stroke in 2005. He is allergic to penicillin. He takes lasix (diuretic), Procardia (heart medication) and vitamins daily. He is on a low sodium diet. He prevents with heavy supra and subgingival plaque, light subgingival calculus and no stain. His tissues are dark pink, marginal edema and they bleed upon instrumentation. What is the cause of his gingival inflammation and bleeding?

Causes of hypertension include all the following EXCEPT one. Which on is the exception?

A patient completes a health history indicating that an anti-convulsive drug is being taken. Which medical condition is the patient being treated for?

Hand hygiene methods for hands that are not visibly soiled include:

What is the purpose of a thorough medical/dental history?

Upon assessing a patient’s medical history at SPC, it is important to:

how is calculus best removed?

Calculus is most commonly found

The next generation may challenge our communication skills. Thus we will need to be creative and be strong in motivational interviewing in order to assist them in understanding and performing optimum oral health care.

Verbal communication includes all the following except: