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Often dental professionals refer to dental plaque as:

Factors that influence the development of infection include all the following except:

Which are the best type of protective gloves that should be worn when cleaning contaminated(dirty)instruments and/or other sharp materials prior to sterilization?

All the following statements describe acquired pellicle EXCEPT:

SECTION B Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53 QUESTION 3 Study Extract E Extract E: Communist States in the 20th Century. 2015.   ‘By the late 1940s, the Stalin presented by his cult differed considerably from the real Stalin, so much so that when government officials saw Stalin in person walking in the ground of the Kremlin they did not recognise the small, stooped man with grey hair and a pockmarked face as the ‘great man’ Stalin. By the early 1950s, this cult of personality was to rise to ever more ridiculous heights. By 1953, many towns had been renamed Stalin, the Volga-Dan Canal may have carried little traffic, but it was littered with statues of Stalin along its banks.’

John Smith is a 25 year old college student who is home for spring break and has come into SPC to have his teeth cleaned. It is important as a healthcare provider that we use proper communication skills in order to help him with his overall health status. As a dental hygienist it is important to be supportive, get patient involved and seek to evoke intrinsic motivation to change behavior. In order to do so it is important that you communicate appropriately. This would include:

The green stains on the cervical thirds of a patient’s teeth are indicative of :   1. ingestion of tetracycline some time within the first two years of life  2. inadequate oral hygiene.   3. high fever early in life  4. chromogenic bacteria attached to the cuticle/pellicle usually seen in children or  marijauna smoker.

You are half way done and you are doing a great job keep going!   How is biofilm best removed?

Dental hygiene began in Bridgeport, Connecticut on the eve of the Great War, dentists realized that by the time children were reaching the dental chair, decay was already existent and an issue.

Calculus holds bacteria in contact with tissue and provides mechanical irritation to the tissue.