CASE STUDY
Client Profile
• 45-year-old woman
• Single mother of a 4-year-old girl
• Occupation: administrative assistant
Chief Complaint
• "My teeth are very sensitive when I eat or drink cold foods and beverages."
Health History
• No significant findings
Pharmacologic History
• Client taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen (norgestimate-ethinyl estradiol)
Dental History
• Regular 6-month continued-care appointments
• Brushes twice daily (uses a hard toothbrush)
Clinical Examination
• Light to moderate dental calculus
• Localized attrition along anterior incisal and canine tooth surfaces
• Localized recession and cervical abfraction evident on teeth 6,7,8,9,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,and 29
• Occlusal trauma on 6,7,8,9,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,and 29
Radiographic Findings
• Incipient enamel lesions (distal surface of 3,mesial surface of 15,distal surface of 19)
-All of the following interventions except which one could be provided in the dental setting to treat this client's areas of dentinal hypersensitivity?
A) Use of a 5% sodium fluoride varnish
B) Placement of Class V restorations
C) Use of a desensitizing agent such as potassium nitrate
D) In-office oral irrigation with 0.12% chlorhexidine
Correct Answer:
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