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What is the correct CDT code for Periodontal Maintenance?

Furcation involvement often is greater than it appears on the radiograph.  Early furcation involvement will always be seen on the radiograph.

A maxillary central incisor has a 6 mm attachment loss.  The hygienist applies pressure with a gloved finger and observes a pale yellow fluid oozing from the pocket.  What would this be?

The term CDT stands for?

All of the following are classified as periodontal pathogens capable of colonizing the mouth except:

A person’s right to refuse all or a portion of the proposed treatment after explanation of: recommended treatment, alternate treatment options and likely consequences of declining treatment is known as?

Insufficient amounts of this vitamin can result in excessive gingival bleeding and swelling, periodontal ligament destruction, alveolar bone destruction and tooth mobility.  

Each of the following appear as radiolucent structures except one.  Which does not appear as radiolucent?

All of the following are effects of smoking on periodontal therapy except one.  Which one is not true about smoking and the periodontium?

Periodontal disease cannot be caused by nutritional deficiencies.  Some nutritional deficiencies may affect the severity and extent of periodontal disease.