Modern Dental Assisting

Modern Dental Assisting

<p>Prepare for a successful career as a dental assistant<i>! </i><b>Modern Dental Assisting</b> is <i>the</i> leading text in dental assisting -- the most trusted, the most comprehensive, and the most current. Using an easy-to-understand approach, this resource offers a complete foundation in the basic and advanced clinical skills you must master to achieve clinical competency. It describes dental assisting procedures with photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions. Written by Doni Bird and Debbie Robinson, two well-known and well-respected dental assisting educators.</p><ul><b><li>Comprehensive coverage</b> takes students through a dental assisting program from start to finish. </li><b><li>A highly approachable writing style</b> presents the latest information and procedures in a way that ensures students can easily grasp and learn to apply the material. </li><b><li>Concise chapters presented within short parts</b> move from profession basics and sciences to infection control, safety, clinical dentistry, radiography, materials, specialty dental practice, and dental office administration. </li><b><li>Superb, full-color illustrations and photographs</b> show procedures, equipment, and instruments. </li><b><li>Illustrated, step-by-step procedures</b> show the skills that dental assistants must master, detailing for each the goal, equipment and supplies needed, chronological steps, and rationales. </li><b><i><li>Expanded Functions</i> procedures boxes</b> describe special dental assisting procedures allowed only in certain states. </li><b><li>Procedure icons</b> alert students to issues relating to core procedures, e.g., that they should make notes in the patient's record, don personal protective equipment, or watch for moisture contamination. </li><b><li>Key terms</b> are accompanied by phonetic pronunciations, highlighted within the text, and defined in boxes on the same or facing page. </li><b><li>Critical thinking questions</b> end each chapter with mini-case scenarios and application-style questions. </li><b><li>Learning and performance outcomes</b> in each chapter set goals for what students will accomplish and also serve as checkpoints for comprehension, skills mastery, and study tools for exam preparation. </li><b><li>Summary tables and boxes</b> make it easy to review key concepts and procedures. </li><b><i><li>Recall </i>boxes</b> appear after sections of text and include questions to ensure that students understand the material. </li><b><li>CDC boxes</b> cite the latest recommendations for infection control and summarize regulations. </li><b><i><li>Eye to the Future</i> boxes</b> introduce cutting-edge research, future trends, and topics. </li><b><i><li>Legal and Ethical Implications</i> boxes</b> focus on the behaviors that dental assistants will need to practice to protect themselves, their patients, and the practices for which they work. </li><b><i><li>Patient Education</i> boxes</b> summarize content within the context of patient education take-away points. </li><b><li>A glossary</b> provides a quick and handy way to look up terminology, with chapter references indicating where terms are introduced and discussed within chapters. </li></ul>