Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach

by Donna J. Phinney, Judy H. Halstead

This new, full-color, comprehensive text is designed to prepare students for the DANB Certification Exam as well as the rigors of the dental office. Part of a dynamic learning system, Delmar's Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach, includes practice software, workbook, exam review, videotapes, and instructor support materials. Other dental-related titles included in the system cover the areas of terminology, drugs, and office management. Used together, these materials will make your dental assisting education comprehensive and meaningful, providing you with skills, knowledge, principles, values, and understanding to excel in your chosen profession into the 21st century.

Features:

Free practice software (3.5" Windows) includes bonus review exercises and activities with valuable feedback to reinforce text concepts.
All chapters include chapter outline, objectives, and key terms allowing for more focused learning
Key terms with page references are presented in color on their first appearance in the text
Over 1500 full-color illustrations and photographs highlight concepts from simple to complex
Over 140 step-by-step procedures with icons for major dental skills are included
Tables and colorful information boxes provide additional tips and real-life applications
In-text icons identify legal, safety, technology, global/cultural issues, and DANB exam components
Student learning is enhanced with case studies, critical thinking questions, and review questions for each chapter
Additional skills, such as dental dam placement, bleaching techniques, suture removal, and coronal polishing are covered in the Advanced Chairside Functions Chapter

976 pages, Hardcover

First published July 26, 1999

Reviews

[Amber]

It was a text book and was very informative and I was so happy to have read through it and learned about the mouth and dental assisting. :D Using the knowledge daily and plan to for the rest of my life.