The Intraoral and Extraoral Exam
Course Number: 337
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Ms. Casey Buentello, RDH, Ms. Buentello was a senior dental hygiene student at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas when these photographs were taken. Ms. Buentello is the patient depicted in most of the images.
Ms. Elizabeth Carter, RDH, was a senior dental hygiene student at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas when these photographs were taken. Ms. Carter performed the role of operator in most of the images.
Ms. Ruth Fearing-Tornwall, Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas. Ms. Tornwall provided much needed technical assistance with setting up and posing the patient and operator for each of the images.
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Acknowledgements
Our thanks are extended to the following individuals for their help in the production of this course.
- Ms. Casey Buentello, RDH, Ms. Buentello was a senior dental hygiene student at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas when these photographs were taken. Ms. Buentello is the patient depicted in most of the images.
- Ms. Elizabeth Carter, RDH, was a senior dental hygiene student at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas when these photographs were taken. Ms. Carter performed the role of operator in most of the images.
- Ms. Ruth Fearing-Tornwall, Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas. Ms. Tornwall provided much needed technical assistance with setting up and posing the patient and operator for each of the images.