All of the following are predisposing factors for the development and progression of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis except one. Which one is the exception?

Administrative medical assistants staffing the reception desk would be responsible for which of the following tasks?

a. Greeting patients b. Scheduling appointments c. Screening and responding to telephone calls d. a and b only e. a, b, and c

Consider the following proportional relationship: x = ay/bd. Assuming all other quantities remain constant, what happens to the value of x when b increases?

a. increases b. decreases c. remains the same d. cannot be determined