How can the dental team reduce the chances of mercury contamination?

What will be an ideal response?


Never touch mercury with bare hands; store scrap amalgam in the appropriate manner; prevent all mercury spills; use water when removing an amalgam, and use monitoring devices.

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Match the plane that the pelvis moves through during ambulation with the following three actions:

1. Horizontal 2. Sagittal 3. Frontal a) Right or left pelvic rotation b) Lateral pelvic shift and lateral pelvic tilt c) Anterior and posterior pelvic tilt

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Silver dressings __________

A. are proven to prevent wound infection. B. may have limited value because they are available as primary but not as secondary wound dressings. C. should not be used in combination with saline. D. cost about the same as other moisture-retentive dressings, such as hydrocolloids.

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What disease affects all voluntary muscles and has no cure, but leaves the individual’s mind unaffected, allowing him or her to remain alert and clearheaded?

What will be an ideal response?

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What are two indicators of job satisfaction?

A) Empathy and sympathy B) Initiative and motivation C) Pessimism and aggression D) Wages and benefits

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