Home Care Instructions for a Patient with a Provisional Restoration

question 11

Multiple Choice

Home care instructions for a patient with a provisional restoration include:

• A) do not brush or floss the restoration
• B) brush but do not floss the restoration
• C) brush and floss the restoration, but remove the floss by pulling it out to the side under the contact rather than back in an occlusal/incisal direction
• D) brush and floss the restoration as you would any other tooth

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