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CASE #3: You are treating your first periodontally involved…

CASE #3: You are treating your first periodontally involved patient who has generalized recession and 4-6mm probe depths. You are completing a periodontal maintenance appointment and are navigating all of the root surfaces and subgingival calculus that the patient presents with. You are using the explorer to help you determine how your scaling is going and are treatment this patient by scaling the teeth in one quadrant at a time since this patient is more involved. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: Which of the following is not a visual cue to help you determine if you have right end of the explorer?

Elijah often worries about his future. He almost always lies…

Elijah often worries about his future. He almost always lies awake the night before a test concerned that he will fail. On the rare occasion that he does receive a grade that is lower than the one for which he hoped, he becomes depressed and irritable. His friends tease him that he takes everything far too seriously, or that he’s going to have a nervous breakdown before he reaches 20. Based on this information and relying on the Five Factor Model, we can say that Elijah would be MOST likely to score high in

While Layne’s friends enjoy her sense of humor and warmth, t…

While Layne’s friends enjoy her sense of humor and warmth, they are often frustrated by her inability to get places on time. Worse, she rarely calls to say she will be late, and sometimes she doesn’t show up at all. She hates to commit to anything beforehand and seems to make decisions based on her moods, regardless of how those behaviors might affect others. Based on this information and relying on the Five Factor Model, we can say that Layne would be MOST likely to score low in