LESSON ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 3
Oral Prophylaxis.
TEXT ASSIGNMENT
Paragraph 3-1 through 3-21.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
3-1.
Identify what oral prophylaxis is.
3-2.
Identify a typical setup of instruments and
materials used to scale and polish teeth.
3-3.
Identify detection instruments and scaling
instruments.
3-4.
Identify information related to dental prophylaxis
equipment, especially the ultrasonic dental unit.
3-5.
Identify methods of grasping a scaling
instrument.
3-6.
Identify preventive dental specialist positions
and finger rests used in scaling each of ten tooth
surfaces.
3-7.
Identify information related to polishing.
3-8.
Identify the ways that fluorides are applied.
3-9.
Identify topical fluoride solutions.
3-10. Identify information related to occlusal sealants
and prophylaxis paste.
SUGGESTION
After studying the assignment, complete the exercises
at the end of this lesson. These exercises will help you
to achieve the lesson objectives.
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