ISBN: 9781437704204
Copyright: 2013
Page Count: 520
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $72.95

Essentials of Dental Assisting - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

by Debbie S. Robinson, CDA, MS and Doni L. Bird, CDA, RDA, RDH, MA
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9781437704204
Copyright: 2013
Page Count: 520
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $72.95
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Fully updated to include the latest procedures and trends, this practical resource focuses on the core clinical skills and knowledge you need to become a practicing dental assistant. The concise, full-color text has been specifically designed and written to help you easily grasp important DA information. And step-by-step procedures, application exercises, and a wealth of pedagogical aids ensure that you master all the necessary skills.

  • Key Features

    • Focus on Clinical Dental Assisting provides essential information on the core skills and procedures needed to become a practicing dental assistant.

    • Approachable writing style ensures that you have a full understanding of text content.

    • Easy-to-follow organization offers 29 succinct chapters that move from profession basics and sciences to infection control, chair-side treatment foundations, and patient care in general and specific dentistry.

    • Step-by-step procedures of skills dental assistants must master feature a consistent format that includes a goal, equipment, chronological steps, and rationales.

    • Procedure icons clearly indicate what issues/things must be identified when performing various core procedures.

    • Ethical implications are featured at the end of each chapter’s narrative to touch on important ethical considerations related to the chapter material.

  • New to This Edition

    • NEW! Content incorporates additional information on dynamic areas such as HIPAA laws and implications, digital imaging, dental materials, and caries prevention.

    • NEW! Expanded and updated artwork focuses on newer products, materials, and equipment to remain current with technological advances in the modern dental office.

    • NEW! Online student exercises on Evolve include crossword puzzles, and exercises on labeling, procedure-ordering, and instrument identification.

  • Contents

    PART 1: The Profession

    1. Introduction to Dental Assisting

    2. Professional and Legal Aspects of Dental Assisting

      3. PART 2: The Sciences

    3. Anatomy and Physiology

    4. Dental Anatomy

      5. PART 3: Infection Prevention and Hazardous Materials

    5. Disease Transmission

    6. Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials

    7. Surface Disinfection and Treatment Room Preparation

    8. Instrument Processing

      9. PART 4: Dental Treatment

    9. Clinical Dentistry

    10. Moisture Control

      11. PART 5: Patient Care

    11. The Dental Patient

    12. The Dental Examination

    13. Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

    14. Pain and Anxiety Control

      15. PART 6: Dental Imaging

    15. Radiation Safety and Production of X-Rays

    16. Oral Radiography

      17. PART 7: Preventive Dentistry

    17. Preventive Care

    18. Coronal Polishing and Dental Sealants

      19. PART 8: Restorative Dentistry

    19. Instruments, Handpieces, and Accessories

    20. Restorative Materials

    21. Restorative Procedures

    22. Impression Materials and Laboratory Procedures

    23. Prosthodontics

      24. PART 9: Specialized Dentistry

    24. Periodontics

    25. Endodontics

    26. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    27. Pediatric Dentistry

    28. Orthodontics

      29. PART 10: Preparation for Employment

    29. The Job Search

    Glossary

    Index

  • Authors

    Debbie S. Robinson, CDA, MS, Research Assistant Professor and Research Study Coordinator, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Doni L. Bird, CDA, RDA, RDH, MA, Faculty, Allied Dental Education Program, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA

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