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cover image - Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource,14th Edition
ISBN: 9780323882439
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 05-02-2023
Page Count: 1088
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $131.99

Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource, 14th Edition

by Debbie S. Robinson, CDA, MS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Modern Dental Assisting - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource,14th Edition
ISBN: 9780323882439
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 05-02-2023
Page Count: 1088
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $131.99

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries** Easily master all aspects of dental assisting with the most up-to-date and trusted text available. For more than 45 years, students and practitioners alike have relied on Modern Dental Assisting for its cutting-edge content, easy-to-grasp writing style, step-by-step procedures, and top-notch visuals. And the new 14th edition is no exception. With updated content — including the latest technological advancements, clinical photographs, and coverage of cultural diversity and how it relates to patient care — this new edition will guide you from your first day of class all the way to your first job in dental assisting.


    • Comprehensive, cutting-edge content presented in an approachable writing style aids comprehension.
    • Step-by-step procedures for general and expanded functions include helpful color-coding and photos.
    • Chapter features include recall questions throughout; boxes on infection control and CDC practices; and end-of-chapter elements regarding patient education, law and ethics, future trends, and critical thinking.
    • Key terminology list offers definitions, visual highlights within chapter discussions, and an alphabetized list in the glossary with cross-references to chapter locations.
    • Learning and performance outcomes address didactic knowledge and clinical skills mastery.
    • NEW! Expanded coverage of digital technology topics in general dentistry and dental specialties prepares you to work in modern dental settings.
    • NEW! Additional illustrations enhance an already stellar art program, with more than 1,700 images.
    • NEW! Consistent chapter organization with modernized learning outcomes help you understand important topics more easily.
    • UPDATED! Dentrix Learning Edition based on Dentrix G7.3, available for download on the companion Evolve website, gives you experience working with practice management software.
    • UPDATED! Revised Dentrix exercises on the Evolve companion website correlate with the updated Dentrix Learning Edition software.
  • PART 1: The Dental Assisting Profession
    1. History of Dentistry
    2. The Dental Healthcare Team
    3. The Professional Dental Assistant 
    4. Ethics and Code of Conduct in Dentistry
    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. Impact of Oral Public Health
    14. Nutrition 
    15. Dental Caries Preventive Dentistry
    16. Periodontal Disease 
    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 Methods
    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
    Bibliography
    Glossary
    Index
  • 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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