Dental Instruments - E-Book: Dental Instruments - E-Book

by BA Boyd RDA

Overview

Learn to identify and use more than 300 dental instruments! Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide, 8th Edition makes it quick and easy for dental assistants and dental hygienists to master the instruments, equipment, and tray setups used in everyday practice. The book includes over 750 photographs and drawings of basic and specialty dental instruments, paired with monographs describing each instrument's characteristics, functions, order of use, and sterilization guidelines. With a spiral-bound, flashcard-style, flip-chart format, the book also makes it easy to review key information and to assess your knowledge. Dental Instruments is the perfect guide both for study and for chairside reference! - EXPANDED! Photos and illustrations show the instrument or equipment in use within the context of dental care, also emphasizing updates in emerging technologies, infection control, implants, and orthodontics. - More than 750 high-quality photographs and illustrations include both full and close-up views to help quickly and accurately identify and differentiate dental instruments. - Clear, two-page spreads include a photo of each instrument along with its name, functions, characteristics, practice notes, and sterilization, with chapters progressing from basic instruments to more specialized instruments. - Flashcard-style format is perfect for self-quizzing on dental instruments and their uses. - Pocket size, spiral binding, and Velcro® closure enable easy, on-the-go study and use. - Practice Notes and Sterilization Notes summarize common tray setups as well as CDC recommendations. - Student review activities on Evolve include chapter quizzes as well as tray setup questions and exercises. - NEW! Updated content on infection control and PPE prepares students to practice in the age of COVID-19. - NEW! Seven videos on the Evolve website bring the book's photos to life, demonstrating how to pass and hold different instruments, correct seating positions, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323877664
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	04/14/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	800
File size:	68 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Linda Bartolomucci Boyd is a Professor Emeritus at Diablo Valley College, where she served as the Program Coordinator of the RDA/CDA program. She has been a RDA for over 35 years and taught in community colleges for many years.

Table of Contents

1 Basic Dental Instruments2 Enamel-Cutting Instruments3 Local Anesthesia and Nitrous Oxide Sedation4 Evacuation Devices, Air/Water Syringe Tip, and Dental Unit5 Dental Handpieces6 Burs and Rotary Attachments for Handpieces7 Dental Dam Instruments8 Amalgam Restorative Instruments9 Composite Restorative Instruments10 Fixed Prosthodontics Restorative Instruments11 Endodontic Instruments12 Hygiene Instruments13 Preventive and Sealant Instruments and Whitening Trays14 Orthodontic Instruments15 Universal Surgical Instruments16 Periodontal Instruments and Periodontal Surgical Instruments17 Oral Surgery Extraction Instruments and Dental Implants18 Sterilization and Protective Equipment19 Dental Materials Equipment20 Dental Imaging and Diagnostic Equipment21 Patient Assessment and Emergency EquipmentIndex

Editorial Reviews

This is probably one of the best ways of learning the names and functions of dental instruments -other than by handing the wrong one to an especially curmudgeonly dentist in mid-extraction! Although the spellings are American, this does not reduce its value.

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