Your new patient is a 38-year-old woman whose health history shows that she is asthmatic, HIV positive, smokes hookah socially (between 1 and 3 days a week), has high blood pressure, and reports that all of her conditions are controlled with medications. She lists 5 medications that she takes that you look up to match with her conditions. Her last dental visit was approximately two years ago to have a tooth removed on an emergency basis, and she says she remembers them taking X-rays at that appointment. Her vitals today are BP 129/70, Pulse 54, Respiration 20. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Where should you look up each of her medications to find the reason for taking them and any dental considerations?

Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation as well as the radiographs to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs and radiographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: What indicates that the crowns on the patient’s right maxillary sextant are not metallic?

Your patient presents for a prophy today after being away from the dental office for over five years. After updating the medical history, you add that the patient has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus and went to the hospital four months ago for a broken wrist after falling, and has developed an allergy to penicillin. They had an artificial heart valve placed in 2020, and they report taking taking Warfarin, Metformin and a multivitamin daily. Upon completing the risk assessments and periodontal charting, you note that they are at high risk for caries and periodontal disease and have generalized 3-6mm and localized 7 and 8mm probe depths with generalized recession. Based off of this information, answer the following questions. QUESTION: Using the findings of your assessments to determine if the patient has periodontal disease is what component of the Dental Hygiene Process of Care?

You are working with a dental faculty to complete an initial appointment on a new patient during an NPE appointment. Since the patient had radiographs transferred, you had time after completing the head and neck exam to do a periodontal evaluation and record a PSR score. After completing this evaluation you enter these scores into the PSR chart and discuss your findings with your faculty member. Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Which of the following conditions would not be indicated by an asterisk?  

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Your patient hasn’t been to the dentist in 5 years and has 3-6mm probe depths and a localized 8mm probe depth at an implant. On the full mouth series of radiographs, you see generalized radiographic calculus and 2 implants, one with significant bone loss. The dental hygiene diagnosis is moderate periodontal disease,  ADA III with a .3 level of calculus, and through a periodontal consult with the periodontist at the last appointment the patient is recommended to have 4 quadrants of scaling and root planing and a consultation in the graduate periodontal clinic regarding the implant.  You and a senior student are paired to begin their first appointment of SPR treatment today.  The senior student checks out a variety of ultrasonic inserts and instruments and you are helping to set up.  Use this information to answer the following questions. QUESTION: Which part of the dental hygiene process of care is the focus for this first SRP appointment?

Your new patient has a lot of restorations to chart and is also missing several teeth, so you use your visual clinical evaluation as well as the radiographs to determine all of the appropriate findings to chart. Use the following photographs and radiographs to help you answer the questions for this patient. QUESTION: Which teeth have had endontic treatment?

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Your patient presents for a prophy today after being away from the dental office for over five years. After updating the medical history, you add that the patient has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus and went to the hospital four months ago for a broken wrist after falling, and has developed an allergy to penicillin. They had an artificial heart valve placed in 2020, and they report taking taking Warfarin, Metformin and a multivitamin daily. Upon completing the risk assessments and periodontal charting, you note that they are at high risk for caries and periodontal disease and have generalized 3-6mm and localized 7 and 8mm probe depths with generalized recession. Based off of this information, answer the following questions. QUESTION: For which condition would the patient take a pre-medication for with this appointment?

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