Clinical Practice Of The Dental Hygienist
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 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, plus new sections on cultural competence, detailed home visit, street drugs, and indices for early childhood caries and root caries.A bound-in CD-ROM includes clinical video clips, an audio pronunciation glossary, and board case style questions with rationales.
"Doody's Core Titles™ 2009."
| Author: |
Esther M. Wilkins and Charlotte Wyche |
| Edition: |
10 |
| ISBN: |
9780781763226 |
| Publisher: |
LWW |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| No. of Pages: |
1216 |
| Contents: |
PART I - ORIENTATION TO CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICE
1. The Professional Dental Hygienist
PART II - PREPARATION FOR DENTAL HYGIENE APPOINTMENTS
2. Infection Control: Transmissible Diseases
3. Exposure Control: Barriers for Patient and Clinician
4. Infection Control: Clinical Procedures
5. Patient Reception and Positioning
PART III - ASSESSMENT
6. Personal, Dental and Medical Histories
7. Vital Signs
8. Extraoral and Intraoral Examination
9. Dental Radiographs
10. Study Casts
11. The Gingiva
12. Examination Procedures
13. Disease Development and Contributing Factors
14. The Teeth
15. The Occlusion
16. Bacterial Plaque and Other Soft Deposits
17. Dental Calculus
18. Dental Stains and Discolorations
19. Indices and Scoring Methods
20. Records and Charting
21. Planning Dental Hygiene Care
PART IV - PREVENTION
22. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
23. Oral Infection Control: Toothbrushes and Toothbrushing
24. Interdental Care and Chemotherapy
25. Care of Dental Prostheses
26. The Patient with Oral Rehabilitation and Implants
27. The Patient Who Uses Tobacco
28. Diet and Dietary Assessment
29. Fluorides
30. Sealants
PART V - TREATMENT
31. Anxiety and Pain Control
32. Instruments and Principles for Instrumentation
33. Nonsurgical Periodontal Instrumentation
34. Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy: Supplemental Care Procedures
35. Acute periodontal Conditions
36. Sutures and Dressings
37. Dentin Sensitivity
38. Extrinsic Stain Removal
39. The Porte Polisher
40. Care of Dental Restorations
41. Debonding
42. Maintenance for Oral Health: Dental Hygiene Continuing Care
PART VI - PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
43. The Pregnant Patient and the Infant/Toddler
44. The Patient with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate
45. Preadolescent to Postmenopausal Patients
46. The Gerodontic Patient
47. The Edentulous Patient
48. The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Patient
49. The Patient with Cancer
50. Care of Patients with Disabilities
51. The Patient Who Is Home-bound, Bedridden, or Helpless
52. The Patient with a Physical Impairment
53. The Patient with a Sensory Disability
54. The Patient with a Seizure Disorder
55. The Patient with Mental Retardation
56. The Patient with a Mental Disorder
57. The Patient with an Alcohol-Related Disorder
58. The Patient with a Cardiovascular Disease
59. The Patient with a Blood Disorder
60. The Patient with Diabetes Mellitus
61. Emergency Care
PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND COMBINING FORMS
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX 1
* AMERICAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS' ASSOCIATION CODE OF ETHICS FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS
APPENDIX 2
* AVERAGE MEASUREMENT OF THE PRIMARY AND PERMANENT TEETH (IN MILLIMETERS)
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