Essentials of Dental Assisting - E-Book

Essentials of Dental Assisting - E-Book

<p>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.</p><ul><b><li>Focus on Clinical Dental Assisting </b>provides essential information on the core skills and procedures needed to become a practicing dental assistant.<b> </li><li>Approachable writing style </b>ensures that you have a full understanding of text content. </li><b><li>Easy-to-follow organization </b>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. </li><b><li>Step-by-step procedures of skills</b> dental assistants must master feature a consistent format that includes a goal, equipment, chronological steps, and rationales. </li><b><li>Procedure icons </b>clearly indicate what issues/things must be identified when performing various core procedures. </li><b><li>Ethical implications </b>are featured at the end of each chapter’s narrative to touch on important ethical considerations related to the chapter material.<b> </li></ul></b><ul><b><li>NEW! Content </b>incorporates additional information on dynamic areas such as HIPAA laws and implications, dental imaging, dental materials, and caries prevention. </li><b><li>NEW! Expanded and updated artwork</b> focuses on newer products, materials, and equipment to remain current with technological advances in the modern dental office. </li><li><b>Focus on Clinical Dental Assisting </b>provides essential information on core skills and procedures students need to master to become practicing dental assistants. </li><b><li>Approachable writing style </b>ensures maximum student comprehension. </li><b><li>Easy-to-follow organization </b>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. </li><b><li>Step-by-step procedures of skills</b> dental assistants must master feature a consistent format that includes a goal, equipment, chronological steps, and rationales. </li><b><li>Procedure icons </b>alert students to the various issues they must learn to identify when performing core procedures. </li><b><li>Ethical implications </b>are featured at the end of each chapter’s narrative to touch on the ethical considerations students need to be made aware of.<b> </li></ul></b>