Use Case B to answer The Following questions
CASE BPermanent Dentition
An adult female client new to the dental practice expresses an interest in orthodontic treatment. The client has a moderate caries risk and a tongue thrust swallowing pattern. Three carious lesions on the proximal surfaces are recorded during the dental examination, and the client admits that she does not floss. She informs the hygienist that she has "a sore spot on the left side of her mouth" that hurts when she eats. Use Case B and Figures 5-29 and 5-30 to answer questions 13-20.
-When assessing furcation involvement on the mesial aspect of tooth #14, the dental hygienist should check from the buccal aspect of the tooth because the mesial furcation is located more toward the buccal surface than toward the lingual surface.

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Neither the statement nor the reason is correct. The mesial furcation on the maxillary first molar should be assessed from the lingual because the mesial furcation is located more toward the lingual surface.

Use Case B to Answer the Following Questions