Delmar's handbook of essential skills and procedures for chairside dental assisting

This resource provides essential information on the core clinical skills and procedures dental assistants need to know. Concise and user friendly, it presents a learning system appropriate for formal education settings, lab-based programs, on-the-job training and refresher courses. Outstanding illustrations make this text ideal for the visually oriented learner.

This text for dental assistants who have no previous professional education or who are in a short-term training program is a resized and reformatted version of the text Delmar's Dental Assisting, A Comprehensive Approach. It focuses on essential clinical dental assisting skills without covering background information. Sections cover basic dental sciences, preclinical dental skills, clinical dental procedures, and advanced functions. Step-by-step procedures are accompanied by b&w photos and equipment and supplies lists. The text can be used in formal education settings, lab-based programs, on-the-job training, and refresher courses.

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Provides essential information on the core clinical skills and procedures dental assistants need to know. Concise and user friendly, it presents a learning system appropriate for formal education settings, lab-based programs, on-the-job training, and refresher courses, as well as providing a chairside reference The student should strive to meet the following objectives and demonstrate an understanding of the facts and principles pre in this chapter: 1. Explain what DDS and DMD stand for.