Diabetes
The most common form of diabetes, results from insulin resistance and is preventable.
Type II diabetes
The ability of a person to accomplish daily living tasks/skills
Functional Ability
The term used to indicate bony overgrowths
Exostoses
What does the acronym FAST stand for
Face, Arms, Speech and Time
The 2nd most powerful area of the ultrasonic working end
Type of diabetes that involves about 5% of the adult population, and commonly presents during childhood and adolescence.
Type I diabetes
The age based on an individual's performance capabilities
Functional age
A fungal infection caused by an overgrowth of the Candida yeast
Candidiasis
A patient with impaired respiratory function, swallowing, or gag reflex is at risk for this
Aspirating
The width walkways should be in order to accommodate a wheelchair
3 feet
A group of metabolic diseases associated with hyperglycemia.
Diabetes mellitus
The term for difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
This tooth is most likely to have a facial and lingual root?
Maxillary first premolar
Degenerative brain disorder that gradually destroys a person’s ability to remember, reason, learn, and imagine
Alzheimer disease
The term used specifically for the bone between the roots of a molar?
Interradicular
A patient has an acetonic, fruity smelling breath. This is a classic symptom of?
Ketoacidosis
This common dental issue, characterized by dry mouth, often affects older adults and can complicate dental hygiene
The most common abnormal condition of persons who wear dentures, characterized by inflammation of the oral mucosa underlying the denture (redness, pain, and swelling)?
Denture Stomatitis
Tremors, Parkinson disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington disease are all examples of neurological disorders of:
The motor system
Code used when there is generalized, moderate or severe gingival inflammation in the absence of attachment loss
D4346
The most common type of dental emergency associated with a person having diabetes
Hypoglycemia
A diet deficient in calcium can increase a denture-wearers risk of
Alveolar ridge resporption
A primary tooth that appears as a bifid crown on a single root is known as
Gemination
Autoimmune disorder of the CNS w/ myelin sheath destruction of specific axons; this causes multiple neurologic symptoms that accrue over time
Multiple Sclerosis
CDT codes ranging from D0100-D0999 represent which type of services?
Diagnostic services