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Category - Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services

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The classification of carious lesions includes rate, direction, and type of disease progression to determine level of priority for restorative therapy. How many classifications are there?
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  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
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Answer: C - There are five classifications of carious lesions. Rampant caries are the rapidly progressive decay of smooth surfaces of numerous teeth. Chronic caries are slowly progressive. Arrested carious lesions have been reversed due to remineralization. Backward caries laterally spread at the dentinoenamel junction. Recurrent caries is new decay located at existing restorations.
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