Your patient is a 15-year-old who has been dropped off by his father, who says he will return shortly. He is running to the post office to mail a package. As you perform the examination, you notice that the patient needs to have bitewing radiographs taken. Your patient assures you that his father would give his permission to have the radiographs taken. Following the guidelines issued by your state regarding treatment of minors, you refuse to take the radiographs until the patient’s father returns. The father returns expecting his son to be finished. When you inform the father that you had to wait to take the radiographs because his son is a minor, the father becomes irritated and starts yelling because he is now running late. After the patient leaves with his father, you call your friend to tell her what happened.Taking radiographs of a minor without permission from his parents would be considered battery BECAUSE treatment was performed without parental consent.

Dental hygienists assist dentists in conducting cleanings and advising patients on proper oral hygiene and care. The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam has 350 questions and has two components ( with many subsections): Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases.  Component A: The first component covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research.  Component B: The second component of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric, periodontal, pediatric, special... Show more

Dental hygienists assist dentists in conducting cleanings and advising patients on proper oral hygiene and care.

The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam has 350 questions and has two components ( with many subsections): Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases. 

Component A: The first component covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research. 
Component B: The second component of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric, periodontal, pediatric, special needs and medically compromised patient cases.

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