Dental Assisting

Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))

Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy, 2e

Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation

How to Prepare for the Dental Admissions Test (Barron's How to Prepare for the Dental Admissions Test (Dat))

This manual is the first-and currently the only- complete guide available on the market for students who are planning to take the DAT. It offers two full-length model exams with answers. They are preceeded by an overview of the test, special advice to Canadian students, and questions most frequently asked by students preparing for the DAT.

Torres and Ehrlich Modern Dental Assisting Package: With Two Bind-in CD-ROM's

Modern Dental Assisting is the ultimate resource for preparing readers to become assistants in the dental office. It provides a solid foundation for the basic and advanced clinical skills readers must master in order to achieve competence, and its user-friendly style clarifies even the most complex concepts and procedures. Plus, the comprehensive, targeted coverage of clinical and administrative topics helps readers prepare for DANB certification.

• Key procedures are presented in a detailed, step-by-step format with accompanying illustrations, rationales, icons, and tray setups.
• Expanded functions are clearly indicated throughout the text and procedures.
• A complete chapter on dental caries discusses methods of prevention and intervention.
• Information on ergonomics in the dental office explores proper methods of sitting, reaching, stretching, wrist and hand positioning, and the proper chairs for optimum comfort and efficiency for the dental team and patient.
• Recall questions interspersed throughout the chapters make it easy for readers to test their knowledge in short sections.
• Key Terms with a pronunciation guide and a complete Glossary highlight and define terms that are important to learning dental assisting.
• Learning Outcomes outline the key objectives in the upcoming chapter, and Performance Outcomes highlight the skilled competencies that must be mastered in the pre-clinic, laboratory, and classroom settings.
• Legal and Ethical Implications help readers understand the ramifications of illegal actions and reinforce good, life-long ethical behavior.
• Eye to the Future sections make readers aware of new advancements in dental treatment and office practices.
• Patient Education sections present important information that dental assistants need to master to share with patients.
• Critical Thinking questions encourage readers to process the material they have learned from the chapter and apply it to real-life situations.

• HIPAA Boxes feature important information on HIPAA regulations and how they affect dental practice.
• CDC Boxes highlight the latest guidelines for safe dental practice.
• Two CD-ROMs - The Interactive Dental Office and Dental Assisting Video Procedures - are bound into the textbook and provide readers with innovative study tools such as interactive radiograph mounting, charting, case studies, review questions, as well as more than 50 video clips that bring key office procedures to life.
• A CD-ROM icon in the textbook directs readers to additional exercises on the bound-in CD-ROMs.
• Updated, user-friendly internal design improves readability

Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide (Dental Instruments)

Confidently recognize and manage dental instruments with this innovative, visually detailed resource. Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide pairs thorough descriptions of more than 300 instruments with high-quality photographs and illustrations for accurate, efficient identification. The book's unique flashcard-style format helps you review instruments and gauge your knowledge, while its spiral-bound design gives you fast, easy access to procedural support, making this convenient guide ideal for both studying and on-the-job reference.

• More than 450 high-quality photographs and illustrations depict instruments in both full detail and individual components for quick, easy identification.
• The convenient pocket-sized, spiral-bound design makes it easy to access information at a glance and in any setting.
• The unique, full-color, flashcard-style format helps you test your retention and understanding.
• Dedicated coverage of dental specialties provides quick reference to specific tools you'll need for procedures in endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, and oral surgery.
• A companion Evolve website enables you to apply what you've learned with interactive drag-and-drop tray setup exercises and verify your knowledge through self-assessment quizzes.

• 3 new chapters familiarize you with preventive instruments and bleaching trays, dental materials equipment, and radiography equipment.
• 20 additional orthodontic instruments keep you up-to-date with the latest tools in orthodontic practice.
• New tray setup images demonstrate proper instrument arrangement for 24 common procedures, including 9 new to this edition.
• Practice Notes now provide helpful usage tips and guidelines for every instrument.
• Sterilization Notes present proper procedures for sterilizing or discarding each instrument.
• More than 100 Instruments In Use photographs visually enhance your understanding of instrument use with patients.

Dental Radiography: Principles and Techniques (Dental Radiography)

Inside you'll find the essential principles of radiation and the technical skills necessary for the safe and effective use of radiation in the dental office. The book serves as both a textbook and training manual by providing comprehensive coverage of basic theory and complete technical instruction. Procedures are presented in a detailed step-by-step format with accompanying illustrations, rationales, and charting notes. Includes a new interactive student CD-ROM.

• Chapters are short with topics separated into easy-to-digest sections.
• Content is divided into six parts, covering all necessary aspects of dental radiography
• Step-by-step procedures throughout the chapters include rationales and charting notes along with essential illustrations and photos to demonstrate techniques properly.
• Quiz questions for each chapter help students assess knowledge and comprehension.
• Example boxes are used throughout the chapters to further explain a process or why it is performed a certain way.

• An interactive CD-ROM, included in every book, features a variety of interactive exercises such as radiograph mounting and mastering steps in equipment assembly; animations to visualize key concepts of how digital radiographs are produced, panoramic positioning errors, and what happens within the dental x-ray tube; and patient case studies in the same format as the national board exam.
• New chapters on Descriptive Terminology and Interpretation of Restorations, Dental Materials, and Foreign Objects to ensure students know these topics inside and out, before they're tested on them when they take the national board exam.

Dental Terminology

This book of common dental terms "sound like" pronunciations for over 1,300 terms used in dental practice. Terms are grouped by speciality, and are supported by review questions, and an appendix on word elements. A 60-minute audiotape provides actual pronunciations to help learners master the vocabulary (Dental Assisting, Dental Assist., Dental Hygiene, DANB, pronunciation, terminology) ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-8273-9069-6 Audio Tape ISBN: 0-8273-9070-X Transparencies ISBN: 0-8273-9072-6

Patient Assessment Tutorials: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Dental Hygienist

Dental Anatomy Coloring Book

DENTAL ANATOMY COLORING BOOK helps you learn different structures and tests your knowledge of anatomy in a unique coloring book format. Numbered leader lines clearly identify the structures to be colored and correspond to a numbered list appearing below the illustration and make it easy to see the dental anatomy. You can also create your own "color code" by coloring in the boxed number that appears on the illustration and using the same color to fill in the corresponding numbered box on the list below.

• A general, introductory overview of the entire body prepares you to move on to more complex areas of the head and neck, including the oral cavity, dentition, skeletal system, muscles, nerves, and more.
• High-quality, black-outline illustrations make both coloring and identification easy.
• Perforated pages provide flexibility and make the book ideal for both self-study and classroom use.
• A blank "Notes" page on the back of each illustration gives you room to make notes about a body part, without interfering with the illustration itself.