Allied Health

For first/second-year courses in Dental Materials.

Allied dental personnel experience dental materials as integral components of clinical procedures. Organized and described through the treatment lens, this text provides the beginning student with a foundation for understanding material choice, care and manipulation. It offers a conceptual approach, rather than a great amount of detail, and assumes no prior understanding of, or familiarity with, technical vocabulary.

• Simple, direct exposition—Smooth writing style with no assumptions about readers' technical understanding.

  • Simplifies learning.

• Organization by procedure—Materials are presented as they relate to procedures.

  • Enables students to link specific materials to associated clinical tasks.

• Numerous illustrations—Clarify and enhance concepts presented.

  • This visual, clinical approach orients students to the relevance and importance of dental materials in everyday practice, and provides quicker, more complete learning.

• Separate clinical instructions.

  • Provides convenient, quick-access information about clinical practice.

• Internet links—Provides relevant website addresses throughout.

  • Provides readers with resources to conduct up-to-date research.

• Chapter pedagogy—Includes Objectives, Chapter Review, Test Yourself Questions (multiple choice, short answer, extrapolation, some case studies, crossword puzzles, and “food-for-thought”).

  • Gives students ample opportunity to test their comprehension of material.

• Glossary.

  • Ensures that students develop a command of the technical vocabulary necessary to communicate professionally.

I. THE BASICS.

II. PREVENTIVE, DIAGNOSTIC, AND COSMETIC MATERIALS.

III. DIRECT RESTORATION MATERIALS.

IV. INDIRECT RESTORATION MATERIALS.

V. MATERIALS FOR TOOTH REPLACEMENTS.

VI. MATERIALS FOR PULP THERAPY.

Dental Materials (Dental Hygiene )
Dental Materials (Assisting) (Dental Assisting)

While most dental materials texts are written from the dentist's perspective, this unique resource is written for dental assistants and hygienists. The primary focus is on dental materials in relation to procedures not conditions. It offers a conceptual approach and assumes no prior understanding of technical vocabulary. Featuring numerous illustrations and separate clinical directions, this is an ideal text for students preparing for board examinations.

Features:

• Simple, direct exposition for easier comprehension.
• Organization by procedure to enable associations between materials and clinical tasks.
• Numerous illustrations provide visual learning to clarify and enhance concepts presented.
• Separate clinical directions provide convenient, quick-access links to clinical practice.
• Web links throughout provide students with quick access to on-line resources.
• Objectives, Review, Test Yourself Questions and other learning features throughout each chapter.
• Comprehensive Glossary ensures a command of the technical vocabulary necessary to communicate professionally.

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