CASE #1: You are seeing a 34 year old patient who recently m…

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CASE #1: Yоu аre seeing а 34 yeаr оld patient whо recently moved to the United States and has never had a dental hygiene visit before. As you are completing your assessments, you determine that the patient is periodontally involved with probe depths over 3-6mm with calculus on 50% of the surfaces of their teeth. You take a full series of radiographs and determine that they have radiographic ledges and spicules of calculus and slight bone loss. Use this information to answer the following questions: QUESTION: What will you feel with the explorer when you have completely removed the calculus on a tooth surface?

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