Modern Dental Assisting - E-Book

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles(R) 2024 in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries** Easily master all aspects of dental assisting with the most up-to-date and trusted text available. For more than 45 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 14th edition is no exception. With updated content - including the latest technological advancements, clinical photographs, and coverage of 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. - Comprehensive, cutting-edge content presented in an approachable writing style aids comprehension. - Step-by-step procedures for general and expanded functions include helpful color-coding and photos. - Chapter features include recall questions throughout; boxes on infection control and CDC practices; and end-of-chapter elements regarding patient education, law and ethics, future trends, and critical thinking. - Key terminology list offers definitions, visual highlights within chapter discussions, and an alphabetized list in the glossary with cross-references to chapter locations. - Learning and performance outcomes address didactic knowledge and clinical skills mastery. - NEW! Expanded coverage of digital technology topics in general dentistry and dental specialties prepares you to work in modern dental settings. - NEW! Additional illustrations enhance an already stellar art program, with more than 1,700 images. - NEW! Consistent chapter organization with modernized learning outcomes help you understand important topics more easily. - UPDATED! Dentrix Learning Edition based on Dentrix G7.3, available for download on the companion Evolve website, gives you experience working with practice management software. - UPDATED! Revised Dentrix exercises on the Evolve companion website correlate with the updated Dentrix Learning Edition software.