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ADEX Dental Hygiene Exam Prep

Category - DANB

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What instrument do the terms calibrated and furcation refer to?

Dental mirror
Probes
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Shepherd hook

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Answer - B - The terms calibrated and furcation refer to the probe instrument. Calibrated probes have a slender rod-shaped, blunt working-end marked in millimeter increments. The furcation probe is a curved and blunt-tipped instrument used to detect and assess bone loss in the furcation areas of bifurcated and trifurcated teeth. The furcation probe has no measurement markers.

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