You are reviewing your clinic book to prepare for spring sem…

You are reviewing your clinic book to prepare for spring semester clinic.  Use the information that you have learned through these resources and your time in clinic to answer the following questions. QUESTION: If you are not planning to complete the patient today, what is the time for checkout for an incomplete patient?

Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is a…

Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: Which teeth are broken to chart and discuss with the dentist?

Your 72 year old, diabetic patient, with no known allergies,…

Your 72 year old, diabetic patient, with no known allergies, presents for her appointment and it has been a little over a year since you have seen her last. While going through her medical history you find out she had a joint replacement 9 months ago. You find out she didn’t take a pre-medication and and send her home after consulting with her surgeon. Before dismissing her, you complete the head exam and update the risk assessments. You notice a 5×5 mm red, raised lesion on her lower lip that she says she got from biting really hard a few days ago. She returns the next day, she took her pre-med and now you can begin the rest of your assessments. Vitals: BP-120/78, pulse 60, respirations 70.  During assessments she has generalized 5-6 mm probing depths in her posterior teeth and you determine she has a calculus level of .3. She will need full mouth SRP. You will begin the SRP on the maxillary right quadrant at the next appointment and ask her to check her glucose at the beginning of the next appointment.  QUESTION: Which would indicate the most desirable glucose level for this patient before giving anesthetic?

Your patient had a kidney transplant 6 months ago and is tak…

Your patient had a kidney transplant 6 months ago and is taking cyclosporin and another immunosuppressive medication to prevent rejection of the new kidney. This is their first appointment since the transplant and they are presenting for a prophy and exam.  They indicate that they have been experiencing some changes in their mouth and want to you to evaluate them.  One is a cluster of vesicles on their lip that they say has been there for 4 days and is starting to heal and another is an enlargement of their gingival tissue, both related to their medication use. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Which of the following is an inaccurate statement regarding gingival overgrowth?