You are seeing a new patient.  Through the dental history yo…

You are seeing a new patient.  Through the dental history you determine that they have a broken tooth, would like to get established as a patient and have a 7/10 fear of the dentist.  When completing their medical history they report hypertension, type II diabetes and anxiety, all of which they take medications for.  They report their latest diabetes numbers from 6 months ago as 9.2 and 180.  They indicate that they are overdue for their medical visit and blood test.  The vital signs you get are BP: 180/102, Pulse: 102 and Respiration: 18.  QUESTION: Write a summary of the health assessment that would be on the second tab of the medical history (sentence summarizing their health)?

You are scheduled to complete a periodontal maintenance on y…

You are scheduled to complete a periodontal maintenance on your patient.  They last had complete periodontal charting and head and neck exam at their last appointment 4 months ago.  When assessing your patient with a head and neck exam, you determine that they have a lesion on their lip from an accidental bite and that there are two large nevi on their face that were not noted before. While doing your periodontal assessments you determine that there are scattered 4-6mm probe depths, isolated areas of mobility and both generalized recession and furcation involvement. QUESTION: Which reply about the nevi would be concerning and indicate that a pathology consult would be warranted?

You have completed the technique chart for the canine/feline…

You have completed the technique chart for the canine/feline abdomen and want to create the technique chart for bone and joints next. The grid ratio for your machine is 16:1. If your patient measured 5 cm and had a starting kVp of 50 kVp and mAs of 5.0, what should your starting mAs for the thoracic technique chart be? Grid ratio Added mAs 5:1 x2 6:1 x2-3 8:1 x3-4 12:1 x4-5 16:1 x5-6