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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 does the number 86 represent in this case study?

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 of the following would be an indication for you to get a pathology consult regarding the lesion?

The “Pilgrim” settlers established their colony in the location of ____________.

You are writing your progress notes using the PTEN template.  Under which letter should you discuss all of the procedures that you and the dentist completed on your patient today (radiographs, assessments, exam, prophy, etc)?

The Jamestown Colony was founded (started) in which year?

CASE STUDY #1: You are practicing the periodontal probes and are getting ready to discuss these instruments with your faculty. You will also demonstrate proper activation of this instrument in the mouth on your partner.  Use this scenario to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Which part of the instrument is adapted against the tooth?

You are performing a periodontal screening on a new patient using the PSR scoring. Here are the scores that you determined for this patient. Use this information to answer the next 5 questions. 2 1 4 3 2 3* QUESTION: Which posterior sextant has probe depths 3mm or below?

Case Study #4: You are at a community outreach event screening special needs patients for periodontal disease. As you complete the probing on on your first patient who has Down Syndrome, you discover the the probe advances into the first black block of the WHO/PSR probe and beyond on several teeth. You get a 6mm probe depth on the mesial of #3, 4-5mm probe depths on the mandibular anterior and on at least one molar in each sextant. You see and feel calculus in every quadrant. QUESTION: What PSR scores would be assigned for this patient? 

This was a rebellion in 1680 of Indians in New Mexico against their Spanish overlords that killed 21 priests and hundreds of Spanish colonists

CASE STUDY #1: You are practicing the periodontal probes and are getting ready to discuss these instruments with your faculty. You will also demonstrate proper activation of this instrument in the mouth on your partner.  Use this scenario to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Which describes the grasp used when activating the periodontal probes?