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You have completed all of the assessments and radiographs at an NPE (new patient exam) appointment on a 30 year old patient who has never has a dental hygiene procedure before. Today, you plan to check in the assessments with your instructor, create a treatment plan, complete a prophylaxis and get a dental examination.  He speaks English as a second language and has not requested an interpreter, but you are concerned that there may be a language barrier when discussing treatment and procedures, especially since this is the first dental office he has ever been to. You are preparing your instruments to treat this patient who has no signs of periodontal disease, but has a lot of supragingival and subgingival calculus.   QUESTION: During treatment planning, the patient seems unsure about the prophylaxis you are recommending and is fearful that it will harm his teeth. What should you do?

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Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the technique for activating the periodontal probe?

CASE STUDY #3:  You are a new dental hygiene student who is concerned with maintaining proper ergonomics and grasp to avoid to avoid repetitive stress injuries that can result in a musculoskeletal disorder.  You have been practicing your grasp and positioning, as well as your patient positioning to achieve neutral positioning.  Use this information to answer the next 4 questions. QUESTION: How should your forearms and wrists appear in neutral position while treating the patient?

Under what letter of the PTEN progress notes template would you discuss that the patient was impatient and demanding throughout the appointment?

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The explorer most associated with being the first to cross over the isthmus of Panama to see the Pacific Ocean.

You are beginning the periodontal treatment on this patient which includes full quadrants of scaling and root planing on the mandibular arch and partial quadrants of scaling and root planing on the maxillary arch. You will using ultrasonic and hand scaling instruments to treat this patient. QUESTION: Which scenario is least likely to cause burnishing of calculus when using an ultrasonic insert on heavy calculus?

This Viking __________ settled in “Vinland” or Newfoundland around 1000 AD

You are scheduled to complete a periodontal maintenance on your patient.  They last had complete periodontal charting and head and neck exam at their last appointment 4 months ago.  When assessing your patient with a head and neck exam, you determine that they have a lesion on their lip from an accidental bite and that there are two large nevi on their face that were not noted before. While doing your periodontal assessments you determine that there are scattered 4-6mm probe depths, isolated areas of mobility and both generalized recession and furcation involvement. QUESTION: What classification would be noted when you can access the furcation completely “through and through” under the #19 from the buccal through to the lingual, but cannot see the furcation clinically?