Kelly is in sterilzation at SPC today as her assigned clinic duty. She places all the plastic implant instruments and plastic mirrors in cold sterilization. How long should they stay submerged in the solution to achieve  sterilization?

Professionalism involves:

The main goal of a dental hygienist is to improve and maintain the oral health of their patient. The concept of evidence-based practice will help the hygienist to answer clinical questions, identify accurate research and use it in practice, and to apply the most up to date and best care to achieve this goal. Evidence-based care is an interaction of several components these include all the following EXCEPT:

Which medications should be looked up in a drug reference book or on the internet?

Maggie Krieg is a 48 year old female, presenting to SPC as a new patient. She hasn’t been to the dentist in five years. She was prescribed a brush on stannous fluoride gel the last time she was there and had several refills and just ran out thus stop using it about 6-9 months ago. Maggie states that her teeth don’t feel clean since she ran out of fluoride and she doesn’t like the color of her teeth since using the fluoride as it does cause stain, if there is any bacteria on teeth. Her blood pressure is 135/80, pulse 50, respiration: 15. Maggie takes vitamins for health once in awhile when she thinks of it. Her calculus is moderate and plaque minimal. As Maggie’s dental hygienist you explain to Maggie that this type of stain is:

When gathering of information from a patient’ medical history you are gathering information

Endogenous staining

The properties of and ideal disinfectant include:

What does the color change on heat-sensitive compounds indicate on autoclave bags and tape?

Kevin Anthony is your 10:00AM patient at the dental hygiene clinic at SPC. He is a 75 year old male. His vitals were as follows: BP 145/88 respiration: 17, Pulse 72. His last cleaning was 9 months ago. Kevin has a history of angina, atherosclerosis (with a heart stent placed in 2000), hypertension, rheumatic fever, and a stroke in 2005. He is allergic to penicillin. He takes lasix (diuretic), Procardia (heart medication) and vitamins daily. He is on a low sodium diet. He prevents with heavy supra and subgingival plaque, light subgingival calculus and no stain. His tissues are dark pink, marginal edema and they bleed upon instrumentation. What is the cause of his gingival inflammation and bleeding?