Patients Considered as Having a Low Risk for Caries Benefit

question 21

True/False

Patients considered as having a low risk for caries benefit from professionally applied fluoride products.

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Definitions:

Reality Principle

The concept in psychoanalytic theory that the mind functions to perceive and adapt to the external world, balancing the demands of the id and the superego.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious, responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

Id's Desires

Refers to the component of Sigmund Freud's personality theory containing the primitive and instinctive behaviors and urges.

Defense Mechanism

Unconscious psychological mechanisms that reduce anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.