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Modern Dental Assisting

**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 availab… Leer más

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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.

Puntos claves

  • 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

De interès para

Dental Assisting students

Índice

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

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Debbie S. Robinson

Debbie S. Robinson is 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.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Former Research Associate, Department of Nutrition Gillings School of Global Public Health, Program Director of Dental Assisting, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA