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Advising the patient of the benefits, risks, and expected outcomes of their proposed treatment plan, prior to obtaining the informed consent, promotes which of the following ethical principles?

When the universal curet is sharpened, which of the following is true? 

For cleaning an acrylic denture, which of the following procedures is contraindicated? 

Which type of tooth brush should the dental hygieniest recommend to a patient with generalized tooth brush abrasion cause by aggressive brushing techniques with a hard tooth brush? 

Teaching carefule oral hygiene self-care is an example of promoting good.  “Doing good” for patients describes the principle of veracity. 

Use of the ultraonic scaler in an individual with asthma is controversial because the pathogens found in bacterial plaque and periodontal pockets may be aspirated n the lungs. 

The MOST effective method for a dental hygienist to assess the ptient’s ability to perform daily self-care to: 

What does PICO stand for?

All of the following reasons have contributed to the need of EBDM EXCEPT:

Each of the following agents may be effective in relieving dentinal hypersensitivity EXCEPT one.  Which one is the EXCEPTION?