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A healthy immune system decreases the incidence of periodontal disease: True or False correct answers True Specific nutrient deficiencies can cause a periodontal infection. Taking a multivitamin daily can prevent the progression of periodontal disease correct answers Both statements are false ...

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Perio FINAL! (Tests 5-7) || with 100% Verified Solutions.
A healthy immune system decreases the incidence of periodontal disease: True or False correct
answers True

Specific nutrient deficiencies can cause a periodontal infection. Taking a multivitamin daily can
prevent the progression of periodontal disease correct answers Both statements are false

A deficiency of which vitamin can cause scurvy, which manifests as ascorbic acid deficiency
gingivitis correct answers Vitamin C

Smoking cessation is beneficial to periodontal health. The American academy of periodontology
does NOT recommend including tobacco cessation counseling in periodontal therapy correct
answers The first statement is true, the second false

If your patient had thinning of the lattice like bone filling the interior of the alveolar process, he
or she should be evaluated for which type of vitamin deficiency correct answers Vitamin D

In comparing smokers and non smokers with periodontitis, smokers have all of the following
except correct answers Fewer teeth with furcation involvement

In smokers, the lack of bleeding on probing does NOT indicate healthy tissue as it does in non
smokers: true or false correct answers True

Furcation involvement is measured with what type of instrument correct answers Curved
periodontal probe (Naber's Probe)

Which of the following is a synonym for exudate correct answers Pus

Gingival recession means that the free gingival margin is: correct answers Apical to the CEJ

During a comprehensive periodontal assessment, probing depth measurements are recorded on
how many surfaces of each tooth? correct answers 6 surfaces

When measuring tooth mobility, the preferred clinical technique is for the clinician to trap each
tooth between correct answers Two instrument handles

Which of the following is the most accurate measurement of tooth support

A. Probing depths
B. Width of gingival margin
C. Clinical attachment levels
D. Gingival recession measurements correct answers Clinical attachment levels

Which of the following revels the most serious periodontal state

,A. 4 mm probing depth
B. 4 mm bone loss
C. 4 mm clinical attachment loss correct answers 4 mm bone loss

In your assessment of sextant V on this patient, what do you see

A.heavy plaque on cervical margins
B. Recession on all incisors
C. Pink, healthy, normal shaped papillae
D. Reduction in width of keratinized attached gingiva
E. Unrestored teeth correct answers B and D

What classification of tooth mobility is it when the tooth moves facial to lingual up to 1mm
correct answers Class 1

What major nutrient does the body need for growth, maintenance, and repair? correct answers
Protein

Latest research indicates that overall and abdominal obesity are associated with increased
prevalence of periodontal disease. The strongest lifestyle related risk factor for periodontitis is
obesity correct answers The first statement is true; the second is false.

Adipose tissue can secrete TNF-alpha. TNF-alpha is measured at lowered levels in individuals
with periodontal disease correct answers First true, second false

Including a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids can: correct answers Improve the risk for periodontal
disease

Tobacco smoking may have any of the effects on the periodontium listed below except: correct
answers Increased effectiveness of PMN and monocyte--macrophage defensive functions

During a periodontal assessment, the hygienist notes no bleeding on probing. In a smoker does
this finding always indicate a healthy periodontium correct answers No, in smokers the clinical
signs of inflammation are suppressed

The typical appearance of gingival tissue of a smoker may include: correct answers Fibrotic
gingival tissue

A mandibular second molar has an 8-mm attachment loss. The hygienist is able to depress the
tooth in its socket by applying downward pressure. This finding indicates that the tooth has
______ mobility correct answers Class III

During a periodontal assessment on a patient, the hygienist uses a probe to measure the distance
from the CEJ to the base of a pocket. What clinical measurement is the hygienist obtaining?
A. A probing depth
B. Width of the attached gingiva

, C. Clinical attachment level
D. Mucogingival junction level correct answers Clinical attachment level

The importance of assessing calculus deposits on teeth during a comprehensive periodontal
assessment is that:
A. Calculus deposits must be removed during nonsurgical therapy
B. Calculus is a local contributing factor in disease
C. Calculus deposits are a necessary factor for the initiation of periodontal disease
D. The first and second options only correct answers The first and second options only

The dental hygienist is assessing a mandibular molar tooth with a nabers furcation probe. The
furcation probe passes completely through the furcation between the mesial and distal roots:
however, the enterance to the furcation is not visible clinically. The level of furcation
involvement should be recorded as a class of correct answers III

During a periodontal assessment, the hygienist records the following findings on the periodontal
chart for the facial aspect of a tooth:
-gingival margin level = 2mm above CEJ
-probing depth measurement = 5mm
What is the clinical attachment loss for the facial surface of the tooth correct answers 3 mm

The major difference between periodontal screening and recording (PSR) and a comprehensive
periodontal charting is that correct answers PSR records one code for each sextant, and
comprehensive periodontal charting records six readings for each tooth

A dental hygienist is reviewing the periodontal chart for a patient that is scheduled for tomorrow.
The periodontal chart indicates that all the probing deaths are between one and 3 mm. The
periodontal chart does not indicate the position of the gingival margin or any clinical attachment
readings. Can the dental hygienist assume that this patient has a healthy periodontium correct
answers No, because the chart provides no way to tell if the patient has attachment loss

Thorough documentation of periodontal assessment findings in the patient chart of computerized
record is important for all of the following reasons, except:
A. To serve as baseline data
B. To measure treatment outcomes
C. To monitor periodontal health over time
D. To determine whether a complete mouth radiographic series is necessary correct answers D.
To determine whether a complete mouth radiographic series is necessary

An example of a radiolucent area on a radiograph is the correct answers periodontal ligament
space

Which of the following is true about viewing periodontal pockets on radiographs correct answers
A periodontal pocket is not visible on radiographs

Radiographs can show periodontal disease activity by:

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