Powered tips should be inspected for wear and discarded when they have a MINIMUM _____ of wear.

Pain caused by dentinal hypersensitivity can be caused by mechanical, thermal, or chemical stimuli.

Which are goals of periodontal therapy?   Preserve Improve Maintain Eliminate or control plaque biofilm

For heavy calculus removal, a powered instrument is used in a series of tapping motions. For subgingival deplaquing, the lateral surface of a powered instrument is moved in a series of sweeping motions.

What is a major difference between scaling and root planing (SRP) and periodontal debridement?

Which of the following correctly describes the character of the instrumentation strokes used with a calculus removal stroke?

From the following list, select the phagocytic host cells that are involved in periodontal infections.                     1. Lymphocytes            2. Macrophages            3. Melanocytes            4. Neutrophils            5. Immunoglobulins

If you “crosshatch” during instrumentation, you are:

What is the primary (professor preferred) form of communication used in this class?

Houston has over 10,000 restaurants and 4,000 food trucks (this is true…I just wanted you to think about it).