When Treating a Client with a History of Asthma, the Dental

question 4

Multiple Choice

When treating a client with a history of asthma, the dental hygienist must be mindful of precipitating factors reported by the client and avoid the factors during professional care. To avoid decreased lung function, the client should be placed in a supine position.

• A) Both statements are true.
• B) Both statements are false.
• C) The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
• D) The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.

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Definitions:

Polysaccharide

A complex carbohydrate composed of long chains of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages, serving various structural and energy storage roles in living organisms.

Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound and a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units, primarily found in the cell walls of plants.

Hydrogen Bonding

Hydrogen bonding is a type of weak chemical bond that occurs when a hydrogen atom that is covalently bonded to a highly electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, experiences attraction to another electronegative atom.

Secondary Structure

The secondary structure of proteins involves the local folding or coiling of the peptide chain into structures such as alpha-helices and beta-sheets, primarily stabilized by hydrogen bonds.