This assignment is designed to deepen your understanding of conditions that you

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This assignment is designed to deepen your understanding of conditions that you will encounter in clinical practice.  Read the article and respond to the prompt with a minimum of eight well-crafted sentences. Please make sure your sentence of grammatically correct. 
Prompt
A 45-year male is a new patient in your office with dental pain. In his medical history he indicates that he is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, diabetes (he states it is under control) and has angina attacks. In discussion with the dentist, you hear him mention that takes occasional erectile medication. However, he fails to note this on his medical history. Clinically, his oral health is poor. The radiograph reveals that he has an infection on tooth 30.  Based off what you know about the patient and what you have learned so far, what would your recommended treatment plan for this patient to for his oral health?  What would possibly be the medications that person is on and how could these medications impact your recommended treatment? What would be the contraindications for dental treatment? How might diabetes impact treatment and the appointment? 

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