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An adult prophylaxis visit

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PATIENT

A 26-year-old comes for a routine cleaning. The gums look healthy, and the history is unchanged since the last visit.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #14 shown with the plaque disclosed
  • Healthy gum, plaque along the margins
  • Calculus above the gum line
  • Plan: scale above the gum, polish, teach home care, apply fluoride varnish

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Cases › Practice · M19
An adult prophylaxis visit

Practice cases written from published sources. Not an exam or admissions result; your program and examiners decide.

PATIENT

A 26-year-old comes for a routine cleaning. The gums look healthy, and the history is unchanged since the last visit.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #14 shown with the plaque disclosed
  • Healthy gum, plaque along the margins
  • Calculus above the gum line
  • Plan: scale above the gum, polish, teach home care, apply fluoride varnish
Update the history and score the plaque, M19 step 1M19 step 1: Update the history and score the plaque. Open this step in the lesson.

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The questions open with the $99 season (90 days), the $149/yr student seat, or a class code that assigns M19. The first case is free.

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M19: Adult prophylaxis: plaque and calculus above the gum, polish, home care and fluoride. Open the lesson step