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Reading a fissure and planning the visits

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PATIENT

A 19-year-old is a new patient with a brown fissure on the upper left first molar. There is no pain. Charting and a treatment plan are needed.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #14, brown stained fissure
  • No pain, no swelling
  • Surface dried for about 5 seconds and viewed again
  • Plan: caries read, periodontal charting, ordered treatment plan, consent

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Cases › Patient assessment · M20
Reading a fissure and planning the visits

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

PATIENT

A 19-year-old is a new patient with a brown fissure on the upper left first molar. There is no pain. Charting and a treatment plan are needed.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #14, brown stained fissure
  • No pain, no swelling
  • Surface dried for about 5 seconds and viewed again
  • Plan: caries read, periodontal charting, ordered treatment plan, consent
Confirm with the ball end of the probe, M20 step 3M20 step 3: Confirm with the ball end of the probe. Open this step in the lesson.

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M20: Assessment and treatment planning: caries read, periodontal charting, plan sequence and consent. Open the lesson step