This resource provides essential information on the core clinical skills and procedures dental assistants need to know. Concise and user friendly, it presents a learning system appropriate for formal education settings, lab-based programs, on-the-job training and refresher courses. Outstanding illustrations make this text ideal for the visually oriented learner. (key words: dental assistant, dental assisting)

A comprehensive guide to prepare candidates to successfully pass the Dental Assisting National Board Examination. Its content is arranged in an outline format that is informative and easy to follow. Review questions at the end of each chapter test knowledge and retention of the material presented.

This innovative learning system is designed to give dental assisting students the knowledge they need to pass the Dental Assisting National Board exam. Chapters cover head and neck anatomy, embryology, histology, pharmacology, nutrition, and pathology. the text also contains sections on chairside assisting, sterilization procedures, first aid and CPR, as well as dental charting and basic business office techniques. Its comprehensive content provides up-to-date information regarding preclinical and clinical dental assisting skills that better prepares students for a career in the dental industr

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "a StudyWARE CD-ROM that provides additional study questions, activities, case studies, and selected color images from the book."--Page 4 of cover.

The purpose of this book is to teach the three main factors in dental health (general nutrition, fluorides, and plaque control), and how to communicate this information to patients to improve their dental health. Completely rewritten to address the latest research and recent changes in preventive dentistry. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.