Focusing on the core clinical skills and knowledge necessary to become a practicing dental assistant, Essentials of Dental Assisting, 6th Edition, is the perfect resource to help you succeed in this fast-paced program. Fully updated to include the latest procedures and trends, this practice resource has been specifically designed and written to help you easily grasp the most important information. Plus, with its vivid step-by-step procedures, practical application exercises, learning aids, and built-in study tools, you'll have the everything you need to master the essential skills and start a successful and rewarding career as a dental assistant! Focus on Clinical Dental Assisting provides essential information on core skills and procedures. Cutting-edge content and approachable writing style ensure that you learn to perform the most up-to-date practices. Easy-to-follow organization 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. Step-by-step procedures of skills dental assistants must master feature a consistent format that includes a goal, equipment, chronological steps, and rationales, supplemented liberally with photos to einforce explanations and icons to identify key issues. Exam practice includes review questions at the end of each chapter and a practice exam online to help you test your understanding of chapter content and prepare for classroom and board exams. Apply Your Knowledge boxes encourage you to assimilate the chapter content and apply it to common situations in the practice setting. Ethical Implications at the end of each chapter's narrative encourage students to focus on the legal and ethical behaviors they will need to practice to protect themselves, their patients, and the practices for which they work. Key terminology begins each chapter and is highlighted within text discussions. Learning objectives help you set goals for accomplishment and also serve as checkpoints for comprehension. NEW! Updated chapter discussions provide additional information on dynamic areas such as the electronic health record, impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), preventive techniques, and the new hazard communication standard. NEW! Revised photos and illustrations feature more modern illustrations and newer products and equipment. NEW! 10 new and 20 revised video clips feature significant changes in the dental imaging and dental materials sections of the comprehensive video collection - now with 70 video clips in total.

Provide superior oral and dental care to children of all ages! Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy through Adolescence Expert Consult, 6th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of oral care for infants, children, teenagers, and medically compromised pediatric patients. Organized by age group, the text covers examination, diagnosis, and treatment planning, as well as topics such as the prevention of dental disease, traumatic injuries, orthodontics, and restorative dentistry. From a team of accomplished authors and contributors led by Arthur J. Nowak, this edition includes a new Expert Consult website featuring case studies and procedural videos along with a fully searchable version of the text. UNIQUE! Age-specific organization separates sections and chapters by age group to cover specific changes the child experiences physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially. Fundamentals of Pediatric Dentistry section covers basic information on children of all ages, including topics such as local and systemic diseases, pediatric physiology, cariology, pain control, and medical emergencies. Coverage of current trends and challenges emphasizes the prevention of dental diseases and reflects pediatric dentistry as it is practiced today. UPDATED coverage of caries risk assessment in children reflects the evolution of evidence-based oral health care. More than 1,000 full-color photos and illustrations show dental conditions and treatments. NEW and UNIQUE! Expert Consult platform offers additional content and includes case studies along with procedural videos for practical, real-world application. NEW chapters cover cariology, pain control, and cleft lip and palate; other updates include infant oral health, pit and fissure sealants, regenerative endodontics, and the risk factors surrounding the transition from adolescence to adulthood. NEW! Greater diversity of contributors includes expert perspectives from all over the world. NEW! Expert Consult case studies are included in 33 chapters. NEW! Video clips of procedures are included in the Expert Consult case studies. NEW! Review questions and answers are included in the Expert Consult case studies, with three questions per case study.

Completely revised, rewritten, and updated, the 10th edition of this dentistry classic reflects the remarkable changes and technological advances that have occurred since 1991. Emphasizes practical, clinical use, as well as the physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials.

Praise for this book:Highly recommended...no other currently available textbook offers an equivalent level of information in one place...[the] illustrations are exquisitely detailed and realistic...a truly outstanding addition to any health care professional's library.--JAMAThis anatomy textbook excels at every level and is highly recommended to all students and practitioners involved in treating any aspect of the head and neck.--Journal of Clinical OncologyHead and Neck Anatomy for Dental Medicine combines concise but thorough explanatory text with stunning full-color illustrations to guide the reader through every structure of the head and neck. Its exquisite artwork and detailed coverage make this atlas an essential learning tool and reference for every student and practitioner of dental medicine. It will also be useful for otolaryngologists, speech pathologists, or anyone who deals primarily with the head and neck.Featuring expanded material derived from the bestselling THIEME Atlas of Anatomy series, this one-volume atlas is intuitively arranged to simplify the learning process. Coverage of each region begins with the skeletal framework and then adds the muscles, the vasculature, the nerves, and then finally presents the topographic anatomy for a comprehensive overview. Key features of this atlas:A specific focus on head and neck anatomy aimed directly at students of dental medicine and anyone who must have an understanding of this complex anatomic areaMore than 800 large, full-color, highly detailed illustrations with clear and thorough labeling and descriptive captions plus schematics to elucidate conceptsOver 90 tables summarize key information for review and referenceA full chapter devoted to sectional anatomy, including radiographic images to demonstrate anatomy as seen in the clinical settingAn innovative, user-friendly format in which each two-page spread presents a self-contained guide to a specific topicHead and Neck Anatomy for Dental Medicine includes access to WinkingSkull.com PLUS, the interactive online study aid, with more than 600 full-color illustrations and radiographs from this and Thieme's bestselling anatomy and radiology publications. Review or test your anatomy knowledge with timed self-tests with instant results using the labels on-and-off function on the illustrations.Teaching anatomy? We have the educational e-product you need.Instructors can use the Thieme Teaching Assistant: Anatomy to download and easily import 2,000+ full-color illustrations to enhance presentations, course materials, and handouts.

Your one-stop review for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE), Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene, 7th Edition is the most trusted review and study tool on the market. A total of 2,500 review questions including four online timed practice exams -- all with answers and rationales for remediation -- make this book stand out as a student favorite. Already known for its in-depth coverage, an easy-to-use outline format, and expert authorship, this review parallels the NBDHE with case studies, the "testlet" format for community health and research content, an emphasis on computer-based testing, and coverage of dynamic areas such as infection control and local anesthesia administration. Expert author Michele Darby provides the NBDHE review tool you cannot afford to be without!A comprehensive review includes all the necessary content for the NBDHE, with 2,500 review questions including four simulated exams.A logical organization covers the three main areas of the NBDHE: (1) the scientific basis for dental hygiene practice, (2) the provision of clinical dental hygiene services, and (3) community health and research principles.NBDHE-style review questions offer practice and self-assessment relating to key content.A new 350-question examination complete with Components A and B mimics the format of the NBDHE and is included in the back of the book and on the companion Evolve website; it provides answers, rationales, and a timer function.Three additional timed simulated practice examinations are provided on the companion website for additional test-taking experience.Case-based questions prepare you for the case studies and scenarios emphasized on the NBDHE.An outline format allows for easy review and study.Illustrations, diagrams, clinical photographs, and radiographs help in recognizing suspected pathologic processes and interpreting radiographs.Tables and boxes summarize concepts and procedures.Unique! Website tables in each chapter provide a quick reference to key sites for further research and study.Expert authors are leading educators, researchers, and practitioners, each of whom has an in-depth knowledge of what it takes to succeed on the NBDHE.1,450 NEW practice questions are added to this edition for a more complete review.Updated content reflects changes and advances in areas such as infection control, pharmacology, digital imaging, and local anesthesia administration.Expanded case studies promote critical thinking and provide practice with the complex cases that make up Component B of the examination.NEW full-color photographs, illustrations, and radiographs accurately represent dental conditions.Labeling and identification exercises are included, with electronic flashcards for added vocabulary practice.