An intraoral examination consists of all of the following except which choice?

the dentist examining the patient's tonsils
the dentist examining facial symmetry
the dentist examining the patient's tongue
the assistant observing and recording existing restorations


the dentist examining facial symmetry

Rationale: the dentist examining facial symmetry – This is not considered part of an intraoral examination. This is the only observation that is noted extraorally.

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The board of pharmacy is a subagency of the:

a. Department of Justice b. Department of Labeling c. Department of Welfare d. Department of Health or Licensing

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Which of the following duties will the dental front office administrator handle?

A) Patient charting B) Scheduling appointments C) Patient billing D) Providing referrals E) All of the above

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Scalers are supplied in varied shapes and angulations to access all surfaces of the teeth. This scaler, which is designed to remove supragingival calculus, has two cutting edges along the margins of the curved blade

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