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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.

All of the following are phases in a dental hygienists’ appointment except which one?

What would you ask Mr. Anthony?

Should a patient exhibiting oral, and clinical signs and symptoms of herpes virus have treatment postponed?

Maggie can expect that the dental hygienist will be able to remove the stannous fluoride stain as part of the prophylaxis because it is exogenous extrinsic.

Extrinsic stains are caused by: