 Hello everybody Andrea Torosca here with dental tutoring. So this Sunday actually tomorrow me and my Lovely members will be going over a case study called preventive and desensitizing agents So think about when your patient comes in and says that they have a sore tooth They have a sensitive tooth you you need to know sort of what's causing that so you can not only tell them What's causing it, but you also have to know how to cure it or how to limit the symptoms or to help Prevent it from sort of happening in the first place. So we will be going over some case studies on that I did upload a mock exam for my members in the private Facebook group on this topic about a week ago to sort of help Prepare them plus they have a PowerPoint inside also to sort of reteach them the entire topic because I Find in either the Derby and Walsh or the Wilkins Or the Mosby's I find that this chapter is quite Slow and very very boring. So it makes it a lot harder to study from right So what I have done is I have kind of taken all of those three textbooks And I've put them in my own PowerPoint to make it sound a lot more exciting Plus to only kind of tell you guys what you need to know on the topic But to make it even easier, we will be going over some case studies So let me just kind of show you what that's about a little bit So in our session for for my for my members, we go over the case studies for about an hour Sometimes an hour and 15 minutes depending on how many questions so I'm just going to go over a few of them now for you and See how much you know about this topic. So okay, so the first case study is Joe is a new patient and his main concern is his tooth sensitivity. This happens all the time upon examination you noticed generalized demineralized areas What can be done at home to? Remineralize that enamel so I'll let you guys think about the answers a b c or d and Remember to pick apart each part of the question if you're Studying to take the board exam. Sometimes they will have too much information in the question or other times You're probably thinking well, they don't have enough information at all. How am I supposed to answer this? So you kind of have to pick apart the important info and not pay attention to the useless info So I'm just going to help to pick apart this for you So the first part is is that his main concern is tooth sensitivity So you you have to be thinking already Okay, how is the tooth sensitive? Is it hot cold sweet pressure? Well, it doesn't say so you don't actually know How the teeth are sensitive because it doesn't say that in the case study But then the next point is upon examination you noticed generalized demineralized areas so not localized to a few areas but all over so you need to pay attention to either is it Generalized or is it localized? So you have to know what that means so localized is 30% or less of the of the areas in the mouth more means it's everywhere and Taking a step ahead you of course have to know what? demineralized areas look like what causes it and what it is and then the last part is so then What can be done at home to help to bring back the enamel? So Demineralization means that that enamel has been taken away So then you have to somehow bring it back and specifically we are talking about at home Not in the dental office not somewhere else But at home so all of these things you have to be thinking of so let's go over the answer here So the answer is see a daily fluoride rinse so a is not the right answer because with these types of Spots on the teeth a lot more has to be done than simply brushing and flossing now If they're not brushing and flossing then those areas could become worse But you need to think how can you actually bring that enamel back because that's part of the question Okay, so a is not the right answer the second one fluoride rinse in the office is the correct answer But it's not the best answer because specifically in the case study I had said what can be done at home and this is talking about done in the office So that's not the right answer. So C is the most correct answer D is not correct because salt water doesn't actually bring back the enamel It's a good thing to do at home if you have perio if you have gingivitis but to actually bring back enamel that has nothing to do with it So C is the best answer. So See how you all have to always think outside the box. You have to know every part of the question, but An easy way to study is if you're reading the question and you're stuck say on the first part So if you were reading the question and then saying to sensitivity, okay So what different types of sensitivity could he have? What causes sensitivity? Um, how can you prevent it? So if you're stuck on that thinking? Oh, geez. I can't remember what causes it I can't remember what that might look like I can't even remember how to prevent it then you need to make sure to head back to that chapter and Read it so you know more about sensitivity because um case steps tend to be annoying for students when You try to go through the case studies first before you had a chance to actually study The material because if you do that you won't know anything and then you'll be sent to yourself I didn't know this case study at all. I'm just horrible There's no way that I'll be able to pass like this is just you know, awful But the best thing to do is to actually study the material first And then go through the case study to see if you need to study any more If you happen to get all of the answers correct, then you know that you can move on to another topic if you say Um Found a lot of the questions quite hard Then that tells you that you have to go back and study the topic again So i'm just going to stop sharing my screen here. So I hope that that helped you guys a little bit Um, if this is a topic that is hard for you, well, I am more than happy to help um because if you are a member of either the um board exam prep academy or the um dental l student program We do the case studies live online every single sunday on every single topic So you will get sort of a little bit of practice at a time. So you don't have to always feel so um stressed so overwhelmed because if try to do Say 10 case studies in a day, you'll be quickly overwhelmed. You won't want to do anymore But doing a couple a week helps plus I do upload new moth exams about twice a week too So you will always have something to look at and take your time. There's no rush at all So I hope that this helped a little bit if you guys need help let me know and I will see you guys next time