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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: Which would be ineffective in preparing to treat this patient?  

What word or clue did John White discover on a post when he returned to the Roanoke settlement?

Bacon’s Rebellion took place in

CASE STUDY #1: Your patient is a 72 year old man who has had both knees replaced and has a history of heart conditions including hypertension, a heart attack and a triple bypass in 2018.  He is not allergic to any medications and is taking the hypertensive medication Losartan and is on the anti-coagulant medication Warfarin.  His physician wants him to take a pre-medication before dental visits. His vitals with you today are BP: 130/86, pulse 80 and respirations 12.  He says that he has been having some chest pains lately and has scheduled an appointment to see his physician.  During your appointment, he starts to have some pain in the chest.  Using this scenario to answer the next 4 questions. QUESTION: What is the regimen that he would need for the antibiotic pre-medication?

Each student is responsible to turn in all 12 labs.

The sermons of most of the popular ministers of the Great Awakening mentioned in your text & notes took place in large outdoor gatherings.

Case Study #5: You are completing a extra/intra oral head and neck exam on your new patient and charting your findings.  Most of the findings are within the normal limits of anatomy, but you have discovered a few areas that you would like to talk with your faculty member. These include a lesion behind the ear, a variation in color of the sclera that you recognize as jaundice/liver issues, and lymph nodes on the right side of the neck that are firm and palpable. QUESTION: Which describes the location of the lymph nodes that you detected?

DNA synthesis occurs in the  5′ to 3′ direction because of which of the following?

Match the role of a dental hygienist with a task or description of that role

CASE STUDY #4: You are a new dental hygiene student discussing your chosen profession with a stranger who knows nothing about dental hygiene. They ask about what hygienists do, what they cannot do and what types of settings hygienists can work in. Use this scenario to answer the next 3 questions. QUESTION: Which of the following procedures is something that a dental hygienist cannot do in Ohio?