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Written specifically for dental hygienists, this textbook provides an overview of public health beyond the traditional view of community dental hygiene and offers a thorough presentation of the roles and responsibilities of the dental hygienist in public health. The competencies covered are based on the American dental Education Association Competencies for Entry into the Profession of Dental Hygiene, and provide guiding principles to assure that students are prepared for the National Board Exam and dental hygiene practice.

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The ability to perform and document patient assessment procedures is vital to the practice of dental hygiene – a complete and accurate assessment is the starting point to providing thorough patient care.

Make sure you are prepared for patient assessment with this unique guide that takes you step-by-step through each assessment procedure including techniques for effectively communicating the assessment process and findings to patients.

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A core anatomy textbook for dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental assisting students, Woelfel's Dental Anatomy provides in-depth coverage of tooth structure, tooth function, morphology, anatomy, and terminology. Revised for greater readability, this Seventh Edition includes more material on the clinical application of tooth morphology and features 690 illustrations, twice as many as the previous edition.

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This periodontics text not only introduces you to concepts of periodontal care, but also helps you to apply this information in clinical practice. Written specifically for dental hygienists, the text introduces you to periodontal anatomy, the periodontal disease process, and classifications of periodontal disease. In other chapters, you learn about practical skills needed to perform a periodontal assessment and develop a dental hygiene treatment plan for patient care.

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Everything you need to understand periodontal instrumentation and put knowledge into practice is provided in the Sixth Edition of Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation. No other dental hygiene text offers such an array of features and topics!

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Clinical Aspects of Dental Materials provides a basic, practical understanding of dental materials and materials science for dental hygiene students. The content is divided into three major sections, Theoretical Perspectives, Laboratory/Clinical Applications, and Case Studies. Part I, Theoretical Perspectives, covers the basics of dental materials, including science and theory. Part II, Lab/Clinical Applications, relates the clinical relevance of materials science to dental hygiene practice. Part III includes case studies that help students integrate other dental hygiene knowledge with materials science.

The content is presented in an easy-to-follow outline format (similar to our Wilkins text), with limited amounts of technical information, covering only what is necessary for dental hygiene practice. Clinical relevance is stressed throughout, making the book practical and applicable for students.

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The cornerstone text of almost every dental hygienist's library is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. Written in a straightforward, concise outline format, this text equips both students and practitioners with the clinical and educational skills needed for successful practice. Features includes full-color artwork and photographs, case-based exercises, procedure boxes, and ethics boxes. The Tenth Edition presents the latest technical advances and research findings and includes a new chapter on teeth whitening.

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This text teaches dental hygiene students the essential information they need to visually examine and recognize oral disease in practice. The General Pathology section covers the major determinants of disease and the body systems as they are covered when taking a patient's medical history. The Oral Pathology section is organized according to characteristics of lesions, so students learn to recognize lesions by appearance and differentiate between similar lesions.

More than 400 detailed photographs and illustrations help students identify characterisics of lesions. Clinical examples and case studies are included. Distinctive clinical features of lesions are accompanied by lists of associated diseases.

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This workbook provides a range of exercises to reinforce students' understanding of key concepts and strengthen the foundation they'll need in dental hygiene practice. The progression of exercises encourages students to master fundamental concepts, build competency, and gain the ability to think critically. Some of the exercises will help the student practice making patient care decisions.

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This concise, hands-on text is designed to provide dental hygiene and dentistry students and practitioners with a method for making evidence-based decisions in practice.

The authors intend to develop a concise, yet complete, text on incorporating evidence-based decision making (EBDM) into dental practice. The authors first teach basic principles of EBDM. The remaining chapters help readers apply each step in the EBDM process to their study and practice.

Each chapter includes learning objectives, an end-of-chapter quiz, and exercises to help readers get the most out of the material.

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Basic Principles of Pharmacology with Dental Hygiene Applications presents up-to-date pharmacological principles and identifies applications of these principles in day-to-day dental hygiene practice. The text coordinates principles of pharmacology with pathophysiology and identifies applications to the oral health treatment plan and treatment record information. Coverage includes subjects not found in other pharmacology textbooks for dental hygiene students: adverse drug effects, drugs used by the dental hygienist, sources to help patients or personnel seek treatment for substance abuse problems, and herbal supplements. Each chapter includes case studies, self-study questions, end-of-chapter dental hygiene application summaries, and clinical application exercises.

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Nutrition for a Healthy Mouth, 2nd edition, is a textbook for dental hygiene and dental assisting students and a reference for practicing clinicians. Nutrition is a complex, constantly evolving subject. This new edition proves to be an excellent learning tool for dental hygiene and dental assisting students, as well as for practicing clinicians by containing content on basic general nutrition, dental specifics on nutrition, and useful practical clinical applications.

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The ability to perform and document patient assessment procedures is vital to the practice of dental hygiene—a complete and accurate assessment is the starting point to providing thorough patient care. Make sure you are prepared for patient assessment with this unique guide that takes you step-by-step through each assessment procedure including techniques for effectively communicating the assessment process and findings to patients. Excellent features include detailed, full-color illustrations and photographs to visually guide you through procedures and techniques, case studies and personal accounts that bring the content to life, and more.

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Concise yet complete in its regional treatment of head and neck anatomy, this acclaimed text features more than 200 superb illustrations and tables designed to facilitate its use in the dental classroom and practice. Completely updated, this Fourth Edition is now in full color and features a detailed description of the oral cavity from an oral examination point of view, clinical considerations that tie the significance of anatomy to practice, a discussion of the anatomical basis of local anesthesia, and an embryological account of head and neck development.

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The Fourth Edition of this user-friendly reference focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of oral manifestations of local or systemic diseases. It contains over 600 clear photographs and radiographic illustrations on the clinical manifestations of oral diseases and is presented in an easy-to-navigate format. In addition to new images, the Fourth Edition features several new topics, including malocclusion, temporomandibular joint disorders, drug-related oral lesions, and dental resorption.

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Now in its Third Edition, this book is a primary, comprehensive infection control text for students in the dental professions. Using the latest scientific and clinical evidence and current infection control guidelines, the book presents easy-to-follow protocols as components of a basic infection control routine. This Third Edition has been thoroughly updated and contains more photographs and tables.

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Designed as a quick and concise resource for dental professionals, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Dental Drug Reference, Second Edition delivers clinically relevant information to be delivered chairside during the review of a patient's medical history. Addresses the implications of dental treatment as well as oral medicine principles and drug effects. A-Z monographs include over 500 most commonly prescribed drugs, which are also the drugs most commonly seen in the dental setting.

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Written specifically for dental professionals, this text describes ways to prevent and manage medical emergencies in the dental office. The text format follows the outline of the American Dental Association's medical history form and covers patient assessment skills, general pathophysiology, and medical management of compromised patients. Readers will learn screening techniques for identifying patients at risk for complications, as well as ways to manage in-office emergencies such as adverse drug interactions. Case studies and exercises in each chapter make the book ideal for both self-paced review and classroom study.

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Written specifically for dental hygienists, Concepts in Dental Public Health, Second Edition, covers concepts, issues, techniques, and methods important to dental public health. With contributions from noted academics and professionals in the field, this resource comprehensively addresses the assessment of factors that affect oral health of populations and the development of policy in response to a population's needs. It teaches dental hygiene professionals the fundamentals of how to actively promote oral health maintenance.

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Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation is the marketing-leading instructional guide to periodontal instrumentation that takes students from the basic skills—patient positioning, intraoral finger rests, and basic instrumentation—all the way to advanced techniques—assessment of periodontal patients and instrumentation of multirooted teeth, root concavities, and furcation areas.

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A comprehensive resource on dental office administration written for the dental profession and the administrative and clinical staff who affect the success of a dental office. This text provides all of the necessary skills and information to help you embark on an exciting and challenging career as a dental office administrator! In addition, as a free bonus, the book is packaged with a free educational version of DENTRIX G4 dental office management software. A number of features are included in this text to facilitate learning:

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Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist provides a comprehensive and easy-to-understand presentation of dental hygiene periodontics. Emphasizing clinical practice, five sections cover the periodontium, pathogenesis and etiology, diseases of the periodontium, assessment and planning for therapy, and implementation of therapy.

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Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 5th Edition has been thoroughly updated to include over 51,000 entries with expanded representation of medical terminology used in over 30 of today's fastest growing health profession areas. In addition, this new edition contains more comprehensive inclusion of entries suited for the Nursing field, with correct terminology for all Nursing students and practitioners. Also new to this edition are audio pronunciations for nearly every term, new Primal Pictures of anatomy images, and enhanced appendices including NANDA, NIC, and NOC. Over 40 specialty consultants for Health Professions and Nursing (domestic and international) have contributed to the development of this new edition, making this publication the preferred quick-reference for students and practitioners alike.

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This unique guide shows health professions students how to "win at the game of school." Working with content that is fun and easy to learn, you'll gain the skills needed to succeed in your studies and in your career as a health professional.

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This flash card book and interactive CD-ROM is the ultimate resource to help Dental Assisting and Hygiene students quickly and easily learn instrument names, functions, tray set-up, and more! The concise format is organized according to function and procedure, with interactive crossword puzzles, flash card games, and bur and extraction forceps activities to make learning interesting and fun. The perfect resource for either the classroom or independent study!

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An ideal reference for dental hygiene and assisting students as well as practicing clinicians, this text serves as an all-encompassing resource for both general and dental related study of nutrition. Content includes basic general nutrition, dental specifics on nutrition, and useful practical clinical applications. The reader-friendly style and excellent chapter features help students retain information and reinforce critical thinking practices.

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Give your Dental Hygiene students an overview of how to prevent and manage medical emergencies in the dental office with the first clinical reference text that follows the outline of the ADA’s health history form. This valuable resource will help students identify treatment plan modifications for the client with compromised health.

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Written specifically for dental hygienists, this textbook provides an overview of public health beyond the traditional view of community dental hygiene and offers a thorough presentation of the roles and responsibilities of the dental hygienist in public health. The competencies covered are based on the American dental Education Association Competencies for Entry into the Profession of Dental Hygiene, and provide guiding principles to assure that students are prepared for the National Board Exam and dental hygiene practice.

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Widely known as the “Navy Syllabus” this Fourth Edition’s handy cookbook format focuses attention on the biological approach to treatment modalities and presents innovative philosophical and clinical approaches to therapy. Powerful new material includes a chapter on occlusion in periodontal disease, expansion of the implant dentistry section, and color plates to clarify pathological conditions in the Mucocutaneous disease chapter.

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This Tenth Edition starts with the basics of general histology, then guides readers through the development of the human embryo and fetus, concluding with a detailed focus on the development of the face and oral cavity. High-quality microscopic images help your students conceptualize the embryonic development of the oral cavity and identify historic structures. The text’s correlation of basic science and clinical aspects of oral tissues make the new Permar’s a valuable resource for your classes.

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With superb illustrations, photographs, and tables, the Third Edition contains basic anatomic information not found in other specialized textbooks of head and neck anatomy. Oral cavity structures are detailed from an oral examination point of view to promote the application of fundamental anatomic concepts. this edition also features a descriptive embryological account of head and neck development that facilitates understanding of normal and abnormal adult anatomy.

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This outstanding textbook does more than simply describe dental anatomy—it links it to clinical practice, providing students with a stronger, more practical understanding of tooth structure and function, morphology, anatomy, and terminology. Your students will make a direct connection between anatomic features and specialties of dentistry including endodontics, periodontics, operative dentistry, restorative dentistry, and forensic dentistry.

Updated throughout, the relationships of teeth to one another, and to related bones, muscles, nerves, adn vessels are explored in depth. An entire chapter on dental anomalies is included, while a Comparative Dental Anatomy Appendix, with tear-out learning cards, helps students visualize the similarities and difference between classes of teeth.

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An indispensable tool for all students of dental imaging, this text is based on the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology guidelines published by the American Association of Dental Schools, as well as extensive research. Students learn not only technique, but also how to interpret and problem-solve. A variety of features supplement the text including numerous high-quality photographs, radiographs, and line drawings illustrating technique and interpretation. Each chapter opens with learning objectives, key terms and phrases, boxed information highlighting important points, and Workshop/Laboratory exercises to help apply knowledge to practice.

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This reference provides high-quality color photographs of common oral diseases to aid your students in the precise recognition of oral lesions, which may be very similar in appearance and difficult to differentiate. New sections include normal radiographic anatomy, dental anomalies, disorders of the gingiva and periodontium, caries and caries progression, jaw cysts and tumors, as well as updated information throughout.

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This practical text will help your students understand the basic sciences, clinical indications, manipulative variables and procedures, physical and mechanical characteristics, and clinical performance of the materials used in general practice and specialties of dentistry. Written specifically for dental assisting and dental hygiene students, first year dental students will also benefit from the friendly, easy-to-follow information. The Second Edition features enhanced content and special attention to recently developed procedures.

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There’s nothing like being prepared! Let this narrative review ready your students for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination without boring them senseless. Edited by a leading dental hygiene educator, this solid resource will help your students gain insight and confidence. It covers the basic, dental, and dental hygiene sciences and includes case-based and multiple-choice questions that simulate the National Examinations.

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Written by a dental hygiene educator and a biomaterials scientist, this textbook provides a dental materials background that emphasizes the clinical aspects of dental materials and introduces the concepts of materials science. Information is presented in an easy-to-follow out line format, with the essential information necessary for dental hygiene practice is covered.

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