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Your 62 year old new patient presents with generalized calculus and periodontal issues including deep probe depths, mobility and furcation involvement. The patient had a massive stroke 2 years ago that left them with some cognitive impairment, speech impairment and reliance on a wheelchair for mobility. He has not been to the dentist since. He relies on his partner to drive him to appointments and to help him with completing medical paperwork. The patient also has some trouble speaking clearly and the partner helps you to understand what he is saying. QUESTION: What consent form will be needed for you to proceed with treating him with periodontal therapy through scaling and root planing procedures?

CASE STUDY #1: Your patient presents for a periodontal maintenance appointment after being gone for 10 months due to the pandemic.  She is usually on a 4 month recall, so this is an amount of time that would usually have included two appointments.   She reports hypertension and diabetes, both of which she controls with medications, and her vitals today are BP 130/86, pulse 88, respirations 14. In doing your periodontal assessments and radiographs, you determine that she has 4mm probe depths in the anterior teeth, several 5-6mm probe depths in the posterior teeth with isolated furcation involvement and generalized moderate to heavy calculus.  She has several amalgam restorations and crowns and you notice several areas of demineralization and recurrent decay, but she is not having any pain or sensitivity.  Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Before using the ultrasonic at the beginning of the day, how long should you flush the line?

You are seeing a new patient.  Through the dental history you determine that they have a broken tooth, would like to get established as a patient and have a 7/10 fear of the dentist.  When completing their medical history they report hypertension, type II diabetes and anxiety, all of which they take medications for.  They report their latest diabetes numbers from 6 months ago as 9.2 and 180.  They indicate that they are overdue for their medical visit and blood test.  The vital signs you get are BP: 186/102, Pulse: 102 and Respiration: 18.  QUESTION: Choose the correct statement regarding recording of the blood pressure.

You are conducting a head and neck exam on your new patient.  There is a variation of normal in each of these photos to recognize and record. Use these photos to record these findings on the head and neck exam paperwork. QUESTION: What is the name for this keratinized line often seen on the buccal mucosa?

CASE STUDY #2: You are working with a 6 month recall patient that has a light amount of calculus, but several areas of recession/root surface that prevent you from using your sickles everywhere. Your instructor advises you to check out a Piezoelectric ultrasonic to get experience with it before graduation and after using the Piezo, you use the Universal Curets to fine scale the root surfaces.   You know that the Piezoelectric ultrasonics are similar to the magnetostrictive ultrasonics in their effectiveness, but you remember that they are adapted differently that the magnetostrictive inserts.  Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: How are the vibrations created in a Piezoelectric unit?  

CASE STUDY #3: Your patient is an international graduate student who is new to the United States and has never had an appointment with a dental hygienist before. They have never experienced the ultrasonic power scaler and are curious about how it works and what it is used for.  They are studying physics and are interested in the technology. Based on the amount of moderate to heavy calculus you choose to start with a standard tip, then follow up with the ultraslim thinsert. The patient asks questions about tip choice, why water is used, is this instrument more effective than hand instruments, among others. Use this information to answer questions for this patient. QUESTION: Which part of the instrument produces the most energy?

Which two instruments listed are classified as Universal curets?

Case #4: You are seeing a new patient and are finishing their assessments by taking intraoral camera photos. Through your assessments, you have determined that the patient does not have recession, gingival inflammation, or periodontal pockets and has a .2 level of calculus. You are primarily going to be using the sickles for scaling their teeth today. Use this information to answer the following questions.  QUESTION: Which is the title of the template used for taking intraoral photos in AxiUm?