cover image - Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323754682
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 03-27-2020
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $55.99

Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition

by Doni L. Bird, CDA, RDA, RDH, MA and Debbie S. Robinson, CDA, MS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323754682
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 03-27-2020
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $55.99
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Learn to hone your dental assisting knowledge and skills with this bestselling workbook. Featuring reinforcement exercises and application activities that correspond chapter-by-chapter to the content covered in Bird & Robinson’s Modern Dental Assisting, 13th Edition, this workbook gives you the practice you need to master both dental assisting concepts and practical office skills. The workbook comes with original practice management exercises that correspond to the Dentrix software available on Evolve. Also included are ample content review questions, case applications with questions, competency skills evaluation sheets for practice with dental assisting procedures, and a review of video procedures located on the text’s companion website.

    • Seamless content correlation utilizes activities and exercises that reinforce the chapter content that you are currently learning in the main text.
    • Practice and review questions for each chapter include short answer, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and labeling questions to help reinforce your understanding of terminology and concepts.
    • Competency skill checklists provide clear guidelines for performing each dental assisting skill and help your evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, with pages perforated so that you can detach individual skill sheets for use in clinical settings.
    • Dental assisting externship provides information and resources to support practicum.
    • Patient case exercises use patients on the companion Evolve website’s Interactive Dental Office and include medical and dental histories, radiographs, and charting to help you solve problems relating to patient health issues.
    • Video review sections visually reinforce your understanding of text material.
    • NEW! Information on cultural diversity grounds you in this important topic and how it relates to patient care and patient communication.
    • NEW! Coverage of the latest advances in general and specialty dental care matches the updates in the text and addresses technological advancements, public health and access to care, teledentistry, infection control guidelines, the Zika virus, Ebola, the oral-systemic health connection, and more.
    • NEW! Updated diagrams and visual exercises enable you to expand your visual knowledge.
    • UPDATED! Removable flashcards summarize key information about the sciences, medical emergencies, infection control, radiography, dental materials, dental instruments, and dental procedures, offering convenient, on-the-go review and exam preparation.
    • NEW! Updated review questions, case applications, and exercises help reinforce your understanding of terminology and concepts from the main text.
  • PART 1: The Dental Assisting Profession
    1. History of Dentistry
    2. The Professional Dental Assistant
    3. The Dental Healthcare Team
    4. Dental Ethics
    5. Dentistry and the Law

    PART 2: Sciences in Dentistry
    6. General Anatomy
    7. General Physiology
    8. Oral Embryology and Histology
    9. Head and Neck Anatomy
    10. Landmarks of the Face and Oral Cavity
    11. Overview of the Dentitions
    12. Tooth Morphology

    PART 3: Oral Health and Prevention of Dental Disease
    13. Dental Caries
    14. Periodontal Disease
    15. Preventive Dentistry
    16. Nutrition
    17. Oral Pathology

    PART 4: Infection Prevention in Dentistry
    18. Microbiology
    19. Disease Transmission and Infection Prevention
    20. Principles and Techniques of Disinfection
    21. Principles and Techniques of Instrument Processing and Sterilization

    PART 5: Occupational Health and Safety
    22 Regulatory and Advisory Agencies
    23. Chemical and Waste Management
    24. Dental Unit Waterlines
    25. Ergonomics

    PART 6: Patient Information and Assessment
    26. The Patient's Dental Record
    27. Vital Signs
    28. Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
    29. The Special Needs and Medically Compromised Patient
    30. Principles of Pharmacology
    31. Assisting in a Medical Emergency

    PART 7: Foundation of Clinical Dentistry
    32. The Dental Office
    33. Delivering Dental Care
    34. Dental Hand Instruments
    35. Dental Handpieces and Accessories
    36. Moisture Control
    37. Anesthesia and Pain Control

    PART 8: Radiographic Imaging
    38. Foundations of Radiography, Radiographic Equipment, and Radiologic Safety
    39. Dental Imaging, Dental Film, and Processing Radiographs
    40. Legal Issues, Quality Assurance, and Infection Prevention
    41. Intraoral Imaging
    42. Extraoral Imaging

    PART 9: Dental Materials
    43. Restorative and Esthetic Dental Materials
    44. Dental Liners, Bases, and Bonding Systems
    45. Dental Cements
    46. Impression Materials and Techniques
    47. Laboratory Materials and Procedures

    PART 10: Assisting in Comprehensive Dental Care
    48. General Dentistry
    49. Matrix Systems for Restorative Dentistry
    50. Fixed Prosthodontics
    51. Provisional Coverage
    52. Removable Prosthodontics
    53. Dental Implants
    54. Endodontics
    55. Periodontics
    56. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
    57. Pediatric Dentistry
    58. Coronal Polishing
    59. Dental Sealants
    60. Orthodontics

    PART 11: Dental Administration and Communication Skills
    61. Communication in the Dental Office
    62. Business Operating Systems
    63. Financial Management in the Dental Office
    64. Marketing Your Skills

  • Doni L. Bird, CDA, RDA, RDH, MA, Former Director, Dental Education Programs, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California; Former Director, Dental Assisting Program University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Debbie S. Robinson, CDA, MS, Former Research Associate, Department of Nutrition Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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