Public Health & Infection
Odontologia-tell me in Spanish
Little Van/Big Van
Location Location Location
I have a fever, and the only cure is more fluoride
100

The ADA was amended to include another population of individuals after a dentist sued for a right to dismiss a patient with this diagnosis. 

What is HIV?

100

Appointment

What is "cita"

100

Big van: they have this insurance, but they still often can't access dental care

What is Medicare?

100

This neighborhood, encompassing the main campus of Columbia University, stretches from 110th street to 155th street and spans river to river

What is Harlem?

100

These states have discontinues their water fluoridation programs this year. 

Utah and Fluorida, 

200

Characterized by mulberry molars and oral cankers, the progression of this infection was studied for 40 years, ending in 1972 by denying a known cure to Black Americans

What is Syphilis?

200

RANDOM TWO PARTS

Recia, having served in THIS BRANCH of the military, also earned a Bachelor's degree in THIS SUBJECT prior to attending hygiene school.

What is the air force and education?

200

Little van: This safety net program, a van rotation site, is now in danger of funding slashes due to recent federal financial finagling. 

What is Head Start?

(Field office in NY was closed on April 1st)

200

RANDOM

This brainy Hogwarts Gryffindor has muggle parents that are dentists

Who is Hermione Granger?

200

The staining in the medicament is a result of oxidized silver. 

SDF

Silver Diamine Fluoride

300

The medical term for these lesions, most commonly perio-oral area, also presents as gingivostomatitis in pediatric patients. Pediatricians will often prescribe antibiotics for this which ineffective. 

What is HSV-1?

(Why is it ineffective? Where do people go for emergency dental conserns?) 

300

Are you in any pain?

Que es "tiene dolor"?

300

Big and little: Potentially resulting in Barrett's esophagus later on in adults, seen in children can also lead to sour breath and caries in absence of plaque and poor diet.

What is gastroesophageal reflux disease?

300

The detrimental result of the discontinuation of water fluoridation was demonstrated in a study by these two Canadian cities in 2021.

Edmonton and Calgary
400

This tooth will need a root canal

Que es "Este diente necesita tratamiento del raiz"

400

Big Van: The most common CAUSE for this condition in women which may necessitate bisphosphonate therapy 

What is menopause?

400

RANDOM

"He thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. They could spy upon you night and day..."

In this book, George Orwell describes telescreens as two way devices that continuously play in all households, are a source of propaganda and also record and monitor the population.

What is 1984?

500

How many times a day do you brush your teeth?

Que es "Cuantas veces al dia se cepilla los dientes?"

500

Resources for underserved communities often leave an area after this phenomenon which displaces residents by increasing the property value of their neighborhoods and/or buying large swaths of land. 

What is gentrification?

500

This compound reacts with water (basic) to free the fluoride ion. This is the process used for community water fluoridation

Fluorosilicic acid