PASS 7

A patient comes in to see you. You complete a BPE and find that in the upper right posterior sextant: the black band is completely visible, there is no plaque or calculus or overhanging restorations and there is bleeding on probing present. What score would you give this sextant?

Name two things you would observe in the mouth of a periodontally healthy patient? 

Can you diagnose gingivitis or periodontitis using BPE? Why?

 

When should you NOT carry out BPE?

What does the second black band indicate on a BPE probe?

What is the name of the toothbrushing technique we should recommend patients use?

What is structure 17?

What is structure 9?

Which cranial nerve supplies the lateral rectus muscle?

Which papilla(e) contains taste buds?

• Fungiform

• Foliate

• Filiform

• Circumvallate