PDF | Modern Dental Assisting (13th Edition)

Modern Dental Assisting (13th Edition)

Format: PDF eTextbooks
ISBN-13: 978-0323624855
ISBN-10: 0323624855
Delivery: Instant Download
Authors:  Doni L. Bird
Publisher: Saunders

Easily master all aspects of dental assisting with the most up-to-date and most trusted text available. For more than 40 years, students and practitioners alike have relied on Modern Dental Assisting for its cutting-edge content, easy-to-grasp writing style, step-by-step procedures, and top-notch visuals. And the new 13th edition is no exception. With updated content ― including the latest technological advancements, clinical photographs, and new coverage on cultural diversity and how it relates to patient care ― this new edition will guide you from your first day of class all the way to your first job in dental assisting.

• UNIQUE! Trusted expert authors Doni Bird and Debbie Robinson present information and procedures in a way that makes it easy for students to understand and apply the material.
• Comprehensive, cutting-edge content is presented in approachable writing style.
• Step-by-step procedures for general and expanded functions use color coding and clinical photos to demonstrate key dental assisting competencies.
• 70 procedural videos include questions and answers correlated to the chapter procedures with closed-captioning in English and Spanish and audio narration in English.
• UNIQUE! Interactive Dental Office program provides in-depth case studies integrated with periodontal charting, radiographic mounting, and more.
• Recall and Critical Thinking questions in each chapter provide opportunities for practice and application.
• Feature boxes on infection control and CDC practice, patient education, and law and ethics summarize recommendations and key applications in practice.
• Key terminology list helps students better comprehend the chapter and how the information applies to dentistry practice.
• Learning and performance outcomes set goals for what students will accomplish and serve as checkpoints for comprehension and skills mastery.

• NEW! Information on cultural diversity grounds students in this important topic and how it relates to patient care and patient communication.
• UPDATED! art program provides vivid original renderings of dental anatomy tooth morphology and dental imaging, along with improved photos of the latest products, equipment, and instruments.
• NEW! Coverage of the latest advances in general and specialty dental care covers technological advancements, public health and access to care, teledentistry, infection control guidelines, the Zika virus, Ebola, the oral-systemic health connection, and more.
• NEW! Updated critical thinking and recall questions challenge students and provide recollection skills.