A high school class of ten physically challenged students, 1…
A high school class of ten physically challenged students, 14-19 years of age, shows a need for improved oral hygiene. The high school nurse has asked the districts dental hygienist to assess their needs and to work with the nurse to implement a dental public health program for these students. The dental hygienist plans to set up a portable dental unit to orally screen the students and to implement an evaluative tool to understand the dental health knowledge of the group. Additionally, the hygienist plans to provide oral hygiene instruction each month during the remainder of the school year and the nurse will follow up with the instructions once a week. The O’Learys plaque score at the initial assessment of the class was: 25%, 25%, 50%, 50%, 60%, 60%, 60%, 75%, 75%, and 100% The mean score for OHI-S score of the ten students was 4.8 Use this information to answer questions 22 – 27. Which of the following represents the mean of the O’Learys plaque score?