The year is 1630. You are a young child on a boat with your…

The year is 1630. You are a young child on a boat with your father and mother heading to the New World to escape religious persecution in England. You want to find a community of God-fearing Puritans like yourself. You are most likely headed to which colonial region?

You are preparing to complete scaling and root planing on th…

You are preparing to complete scaling and root planing on the patient’s right side.  There are pockets on nearly every tooth, 4-5mm in the anterior and 4-7mm in the posteriors and nearly every tooth has 2-3mm of recession There is generalized moderate to heavy calculus both supra and subgingival, included radiographic, but the gingival tissue is generally tight and resilient. You need to determine what instruments you are using, what power setting and inserts will be necessary with your ultrasonic and how to determine if your hand instruments are well suited for treating a difficult periodontally involved patient. QUESTION: How do you determine when the root planing is complete in the quadrant you are working on?