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CASE #4: Your new patient presents with a chief complaint of “I want to get established as a patient and I think I may have some gum issues going on”. During the health history and dental history, the patient reports high blood pressure and diabetes that he takes medications for and that he is a current daily cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping user.  He used to have regular dental hygiene appointments, but has not been in a dental office since the COVID pandemic started in 2020. During the head and neck exam you identify that they have a white and yellow lesion on their side of their tongue, 3 teeth that appear to have decay and gingiva that is swollen, red, and blunted. When you ask about the tongue, the patient says that it has been there for about a month and has not healed. During the periodontal and clinical examination you detect 4-6mm probe depths on all of the posterior teeth, furcation involvement on several molars and generalized bleeding. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: Which radiographs would be recommended for this patient?

One part of the British strategy during the Revolutionary War was to confine the rebellion to _____________________.

The Boston Tea Party was led by _______________.

True or false: Popular sovereignty was very successful in Kansas.

Which of the following was NOT one of President Polk’s goals?

The Mexican-American War began over…

The British practice of “taxation without representation” was a violation of which Enlightenment principle?

7. Who financed the fleets that Sparta used to pursue Athens’ army?

Briefly explain the British practice of salutary neglect.

The year is 1765. You are a newspaper printer in Philadelphia. The king has levied a new tax that is severely hurting your profits (because you use a lot of paper). “I’ll show the king! I’m going to slander his name all over the colonies!”…You begin to print a headline reading, “King’s mother was a hamster and his father smells of elderberries”. That’ll teach him to unjustly tax me!  Based on the information above, which tax are you most likely outraged about?