Essentials of Dental Assisting

by Debbie S. Robinson CDA, MS

Overview

Now in full color, this practical resource is designed and written to help students easily grasp the information essential for practice. With tables, boxes, and step-by-step procedures that highlight key content, it's concise and reader-friendly. Student learning aids include highlighted key terms, chapter goals, and Apply Your Knowledge questions at the end of each chapter. A companion copy of Saunders' The Dental Assisting Video Procedures CD-ROM is included.

• Procedures at the back of every chapter and competency checklists at the end of the book for easy access.
• The Dental Assisting Video Procedures CD-ROM, at no additional cost, brings key office procedures to life.
• Learning objectives for meeting theoretical and procedural objectives.
• Student learning aids, like highlighted key terms, chapter goals, and Apply Your Knowledge questions at the end of each chapter.
• Ethical Implications boxes located at the end of each chapter summarize the ethical and legal issues presented in each chapter to familiarize students with certain legal and ethical situations in order to protect themselves, their patients, and the practice for which they work.

• A CD-ROM tutorial, included in the text, workbook, and instructor's resource manual, walks users through installation and how to use the The Dental Assisting Video Procedures CD-ROM.
• Photos, procedures, and the interior design are available in full color for the first time to bring concepts to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323764025
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/24/2022
Edition description:	7th ed.
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Debbie S. Robinson recently retired from her position of Research Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina, where she was involved in clinical research. Her educational background includes an Associate Degree in Dental Assisting, Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration, and Master of Science Degree in Dental Auxiliary Teachers Education. Her clinical experience includes practicing as a clinical chairside assistant in a pediatric and orthodontic dental office, dental research center, and special patient care clinic. She taught for over 20 years in the community college setting and as Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Dental Assisting Program and Dental Assisting Specialty Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry.

Table of Contents

PART 1: The Profession

1. ?Introduction to Dental Assisting

2. Professional and Legal Aspects of Dental Assisting

PART 2: The Sciences

3. Anatomy and Physiology

4. Dental Anatomy

PART 3: Infection Control in the Dental Setting

5. Microbiology and Disease Transmission

6. Management of Hazardous Materials

7. Surface Disinfection and Treatment Room Preparation

8. Instrument Processing

PART 4: Patient Care

9. The Dental Patient

10. Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

PART 5: Foundation of Clinical Dentistry

11. Delivering Dental Care

12. Instruments, Handpieces, and Accessories

13. ?The Dental Exam

14. ?Moisture Control

15. Pain and Anxiety Management

PART 6: Dental Imaging

16. ?Radiation Safety and Production of X-Rays

17. Oral Radiography

PART 7: Dental Materials

18. Restorative and Esthetic Dental Materials

19. Impression Materials and Laboratory Procedures

PART 8: Preventive Dentistry

20. Preventive Care

21. ?Coronal Polishing and Dental Sealants

PART 9: Comprehensive Dentistry

22. Restorative Dentistry

23. Prosthodontics and Dental Implants

24. Periodontics

25. Endodontics

26. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

27. Pediatric Dentistry

28. Orthodontics

PART 10: Preparation for Employment

29. The Job Search

Glossary

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

All the DA essentials presented in a vivid and easy-to-follow format

Editorial Reviews

"a good general guide and useful introduction to dental nursing background and techniques"

"Every chapter was well presented and had fantastic diagrams and photographs that would really help anyone visualise a procedure."

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