CASE STUDY #5: You are doing your Capstone internship in you…

CASE STUDY #5: You are doing your Capstone internship in your senior year with the Central Sterilization. As part of your job, you are working in dispensary distributing instruments and on the ground floor evaluating instruments for replacement and assisting with sterilization of instruments from the appointments throughout the College of Dentistry. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: How much wear would require a magnetostrictive ultrasonic to be replaced?

Jin works at a food company that packages baked goods and di…

Jin works at a food company that packages baked goods and distributes them to grocery stores. She is on a team with 4 other workers in charge of making decisions about what materials to use to package the chocolate chip cookies. They have to put together a presentation weighing the benefits and drawbacks of using recyclable materials for the packaging. Describe a scenario in which the group engages in groupthink. What is one factor that would make groupthink more likely? What are 2 symptoms of groupthink that could occur in this situation?

CASE STUDY #3: Your patient is an international graduate stu…

CASE STUDY #3: Your patient is an international graduate student who is new to the United States and has never had an appointment with a dental hygienist before. They have never experienced the ultrasonic power scaler and are curious about how it works and what it is used for.  They are studying physics and are interested in the technology. Based on the amount of moderate to heavy calculus you choose to start with a standard tip, then follow up with the ultraslim thinsert. The patient asks questions about tip choice, why water is used, is this instrument more effective than hand instruments, among others. Use this information to answer questions for this patient. QUESTION: At what angulation do you use this instrument against the tooth?