Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach

New and Updated Icons: Topics related to infection control, safety and legalities of dental practice are spotlighted with icons placed at the beginning of each section of the text where these key issues are discussed.

Recapped Points: Keeping students focused and productive, chapter summaries emphasize key ideas and highlight critical takeaways from the readings.

Review Practice: Multiple-choice questions at the end of every chapter help students dive deep into topics and test their knowledge, while open-ended critical thinking questions allow them to blend chapter material with their own personal insights and judgment.

Hands-On Workbook: Specially designed to coordinate with DENTAL ASSISTING: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, 6th Edition, the Student Workbook provides practice exercises to help your students sharpen their skills inside the classroom and at home.

Personalized Studies: Let students learn on their terms with MindTap, the anytime, anywhere digital learning solution that consolidates a variety of course materials into an individualized learning path! Available as an optional supplement, MindTap offers readings, multimedia and interactive activities designed to build skills and boost course success.

Colorful Insights: Vibrant photos and lifelike illustrations give students an accurate vision of modern clinical settings and best practices for their future dental assisting careers.

Systematic Detail: Step-by-step instructions walk students through proper procedures related to hand-washing, gloves, masks and protective eyewear, basic setup, expanded functions and dental assisting competencies.

Thoughtful Issues: A variety of thought-provoking case studies enable students to put their newfound knowledge into action by finding solutions to problems and challenges from real-world practice.

Colorful Insights: Packed with photos and dynamic, life-like illustrations, DENTAL ASSISTING: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, 6th Edition, depicts clinical settings and helps students envision the dental assisting career of their dreams.

Systematic Detail: Chapters include step-by-step instructions for proper procedures as they relate to handwashing, gloves, mask and protective eye-wear, basic setup, expanded functions, and dental assisting competencies.

Thoughtful Issues: A variety of thought-provoking case studies present students with real-life scenarios and ask them to find solutions to problems -- putting their newfound knowledge to the test while probing deeper into the profession.

Helpful Icons: Clearly visible, graphic icons in the readings point out information related to legal, safety, and infection control.

Interactive Skills: Help students learn more by doing!

Chapter Terms: Taking a unique approach, new Chapter Terms boxes at the beginning of each chapter provide word parts, phonetic pronunciations and definitions for each Key Term -- helping students build their medical terminology vocabulary and maximize their study time.

Patient Dialogue: Modeling real-world scenarios, insightful Patient Dialogue features illustrate how dental professionals communicate with and treat the patient as the most important person in the office -- helping students understand that communicating effectively and professionally is an essential function of the dental assistant. Available in the Instructor Resources

Documentation: Preparing students for real-world practice, this helpful feature emphasizes the importance and legalities of documentation of most procedures the student will perform as a dental assistant.

Professional Encounters: Giving students valuable insights from the field, these features present dental concepts in the context of real-life experiences from professionals. Available in the Instructor Resources

All-New Chapters: More practical and relevant than ever, the 6th edition includes four new chapters: The Language of Dentistry; The Special Needs and Medically Compromised Patient; New Patient Examination; and Oral Prophylaxis and Recare Appointment.