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You and your classmates are participating with a dental scre…

You and your classmates are participating with a dental screening event at a local health fair for immigrant and refugee families that have recently relocated to central Ohio. As part of this screening, you are using your magnification loupes and headlight, and have access to shepherd hooks explorers, periodontal explorers, probes and mirrors. On any willing participate, you are completing a head and neck oral cancer screening, an abbreviated PSR screening using one tooth in each sextant, and identifying any clinical visible areas that you are suspicious of decay. You chart all of this information and present a summary form and referral to the OSU dental clinic for each of the participants. QUESTION: What would be the summary that would accompany the PSR score for this patient? 2 2 2 2 2 2

You are on a date with the person you’ve been crushing on fo…

You are on a date with the person you’ve been crushing on for forever. The topic of who discovered America comes up. Your date says, “It’s just amazing how Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover America (other than the Native Americans of course)!” You respond by saying…

Your patient is a 90 year old man with several health condit…

Your patient is a 90 year old man with several health conditions including a past stroke in 2017, past heart attack in 2000, hypertension since 1980 and dementia diagnosed in 2016.  His vital signs are BP: 132/84, pulse 84, respiration 14 and he takes his 5 prescribed medications daily to control his health issues.   His daughter brought him because he no longer drives and she helps him during the appointment with the paperwork and with answering your questions.  The daughter wishes he could have a dentist that comes to his nursing home, so you work with her to try to recruit the dentist you work for to see patients there 1 day per month. QUESTION: How would you determine his level of risk for caries?