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A 68-year-old man has never been a regular visitor to the dentist.He is generally uncooperative but came to the appointment because his "gums bleed" and he has "bad breath." He is in good health and takes no medications.He has 4- to 6-mm pocket depths,little recession,heavy deposits of subgingival calculus,and heavy supragingival plaque biofilm throughout.The treatment plan consists of oral hygiene instructions,quadrant scaling and root planing,and re-evaluation for referral to a periodontist.The global prognosis for this patient is most likely: A 68-year-old man has never been a regular visitor to the dentist.He is generally uncooperative but came to the appointment because his  gums bleed  and he has  bad breath.  He is in good health and takes no medications.He has 4- to 6-mm pocket depths,little recession,heavy deposits of subgingival calculus,and heavy supragingival plaque biofilm throughout.The treatment plan consists of oral hygiene instructions,quadrant scaling and root planing,and re-evaluation for referral to a periodontist.The global prognosis for this patient is most likely:   A)  Excellent B)  Good C)  Poor to fair D)  Questionable E)  Hopeless


A) Excellent
B) Good
C) Poor to fair
D) Questionable
E) Hopeless

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