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Providing Evidence-based Oral Health Care to Individuals Diagnosed with Degenerative Disorders, Part 1: Multiple Sclerosis
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Course Author(s): Melanie Simmer-Beck, RDH, PhD
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  1. Multiple sclerosis is an _______________.
  1. Which of the following is NOT a typical motor or sensory abnormality that individuals diagnosed with MS may experience?
  1. What is the painful sensation that occurs when the trigeminal nerve is aggravated?
  1. Approximately ______% of individuals diagnosed with MS will develop problems with cognition.
  1. Lassitude is a form of fatigue that occurs daily and may even be present after a restful night’s sleep.
  1. Pain along a nerve presenting as shock-like, burning, throbbing and shooting electric sensations is called _______________.
  1. When an individual is diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia under the age of 40 dental professionals should always suspect MS.
  1. Trigeminal neuralgia pain can be triggered by _______________.
  1. The most common form of MS is _______________.
  1. Which of the following disease modifying agents is dosed orally?
  1. Possible side effects of FDA approved first line disease modifying therapies include _______________.
  1. Which of the following is NOT a common adverse effect of medications used to manage MS symptoms?
  1. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society supports the removal of amalgam fillings followed by chelation therapy to reverse the effects of MS.
  1. Dental treatment should be _______________ during exacerbations or flare ups of MS symptoms.
  1. Which of the following phrases is discriminatory?
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