A Patient Visits a Dentist's Office for a Routine Examination

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient visits a dentist's office for a routine examination. She told she has inflammation of her gums. The term for this condition is:

• A) cheilitis.
• B) gingivitis.
• C) glossitis.
• D) stomatitis.

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Definitions:

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Mechanical Solidarity

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A concept introduced by Émile Durkheim, denoting a type of social cohesion that arises when people in a society perform a wide variety of specialized functions, depending on each other for survival.

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