Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting

Description:

Learn to hone your dental assisting knowledge and skills with this bestselling workbook. Featuring reinforcement exercises and application activities that correspond chapter-by-chapter to the content covered in Robinson’s Modern Dental Assisting, 14th Edition, this workbook gives you the practice you need to master both dental assisting concepts and practical office skills. The workbook comes with original practice management exercises that correspond to the Dentrix software available on Evolve. Also included are ample content review questions, case applications with questions, detached flash cards, and competency skills evaluation sheets for practice with dental assisting procedures.

Seamless content correlation uses activities and exercises that reinforce the chapter content students are currently learning in the main text.

Practice and review questions for each chapter include short answer, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and labeling questions to help reinforce students’ understanding of terminology and concepts.

Dental Assisting Clinical Externship Guide provides information and resources to support practicum.

Competency skill checklists provide clear guidelines for performing each dental assisting skill and help students evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, with pages perforated so that they can detach individual skill sheets for use in clinical settings.

Flashcards summarize key information about the sciences, medical emergencies, infection control, radiography, dental materials, dental instruments, and dental procedures, offering convenient, on-the-go review and exam preparation.

NEW! Updated review questions, case applications, and exercises help reinforce students’ understanding of terminology and concepts from the main text.

UPDATED! Revised Dentrix exercises correlate with the updated Dentrix Learning Edition software, which is available for download on the Evolve companion website.

 

Table of Contents:

 

Part One: The Dental Assisting Profession

1: History of Dentistry

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

2: The Dental Healthcare Team

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

3: The Professional Dental Assistant

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activities

4: Ethics and Code of Conduct in Dentistry

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activities

Dentistry and the Law

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activities

Part Two: Sciences in Dentistry

6: General Anatomy

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercises

Activities

7: General Physiology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercise

Activity

8: Oral Embryology and Histology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercises

Topics for discussion

9: Head and Neck Anatomy

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercises

Topics for discussion

10: Landmarks of the Face and Oral Cavity

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercise

Activities

11: Overview of the Dentitions

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercises

Activity

12: Tooth Morphology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercises

Activities

Part Three: Oral Health and Prevention of Dental Disease

13: Impact of Oral Public Health

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 13.1: applying topical fluoride gel or foam (Expanded function)

Competency 13.2: applying fluoride varnish (Expanded function)

Competency 13.3: assisting the patient with dental floss (Expanded function)

14 Nutrition

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Case study

15: Dental Caries

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 15.1: performing caries detection using the kavo diagnodent caries detection device (Expanded function)

Competency 15.2: performing caries risk assessment (Expanded function)

16: Periodontal Disease

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Labeling exercise

Case study

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

17: Oral Pathology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Part Four: Infection Prevention in Dentistry

18: Microbiology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

19: Disease Transmission and Infection Prevention

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Listing exercise

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 19.1: applying first aid after an exposure incident

Competency 19.2: Handwashing

Competency 19.3: applying alcohol-based hand rubs

Competency 19.4: Donning: putting on personal protective equipment (PPE)

Competency 19.5: Doffing: removing personal protective equipment (PPE)

20: Principles and Techniques of Disinfection

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 20.1: Placing and removing surface barriers

Competency 20.2: Performing treatment room cleaning and disinfection

21: Principles and Techniques of Instrument Processing and Sterilization

Short-answer questions

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Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 21.1: Operating the ultrasonic cleaner

Competency 21.2: Autoclaving instruments

Competency 21.3: Sterilizing instruments

Competency 21.4: Sterilizing instruments with dry heat

Competency 21.5: Sterilizing instruments with liquid chemical sterilants

Competency 21.6: Following a sterilization failure

Competency 21.7: Performing biologic monitoring

Competency 21.8: Sterilizing the dental handpiece

Part Five: Occupational Health and Safety

22: Regulatory and Advisory Agencies

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Competency 22.1: Applying First aid after an Exposure Incident

23: Chemical and Waste Management

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 23.1: creating an appropriate label for a Secondary Container

24: Dental Unit Waterlines

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 24.1: Testing dental unit waterlines

25: Ergonomics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Part Six: Patient Information and Assessment

26: The Patient’s Dental Record

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Dentrix exercises

Competency 26.1: Registering a new patient

Competency 26.2: obtaining a medical-dental health history

Competency 26.3: entering treatment in a patient record

27: Vital Signs

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 27.1: taking an oral temperature reading with a digital thermometer

Competency 27.2: taking a patient’s pulse

Competency 27.3: taking a patient’s respiration

Competency 27.4: taking a patient’s blood pressure

Competency 27.5: taking a patient’s pulse oximetry (expanded function)

Competency 27.6: taking a patient’s ECG (expanded function)

28: Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Charting exercise

Dentrix exercise

Competency 28.1: extraoral and intraoral photography (expanded function)

Competency 28.2: the soft tissue examination (expanded function)

Competency 28.3: charting of teeth

Competency 28.4: periodontal screening: examination of the gingival tissues

29: The Special Needs and Medically Compromised Patient

Short-answer questions

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Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 29.1: Transferring a Patient from a Wheelchair

30: Principles of Pharmacology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

Abbreviation identification

Case study

31: Assisting in a Medical Emergency

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 31. 1: ADministering Oxygen During an Emergency

Competency 31.2: Responding to the unconscious patient

Competency 31.3: Responding to the patient with chest pain

Competency 31.4: Responding to the patient who is experiencing a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

Competency 31.5: Responding to the patient with breathing difficulty

Competency 31.6: responding to the patient who is experiencing an allergic reaction

Competency 31.7: responding to the patient who is experiencing a convulsive seizure

Competency 31.8: responding to the patient who is experiencing a diabetic emergency

Part Seven: Foundation of Clinical Dentistry

32: The Dental Office

Short-answer questions

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Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Competency 32.1: performing the morning routine (opening the OFFICE)

Competency 32.2: performing the evening routine (closing the office)

33: Delivering Dental Care

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topic for discussion

Labeling exercise

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 33.1: admitting and seating of the patient

Competencies 33.2 and 33.3: transferring instruments with single-handed and two-handed techniques

Competency 33.4: using the dental mirror intraorally

Competency 33.5: using an instrument intraorally (expanded function)

34: Dental Hand Instruments

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

Competencies 34.1 through 34.4: identifying dental instruments for a restorative procedure

35: Dental Handpieces and Accessories

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competencies 35.1 and 35.2: identifying and attaching handpieces and rotary instruments

36: Moisture Control

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Activity

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 36.1: Positioning the high-volume evacuator during a procedure

Competency 36.2: performing a mouth rinse

Competency 36.3: Placing and removing cotton rolls

Competency 36.4: Preparing, placing, and removing the dental dam (expanded function)

37: Anesthesia and Pain Control

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 37.1: applying a topical anesthetic

Competencies 37.2 and 37.3: assisting in the assembly and administration of local anesthetic injection

Competency 37.4: assisting in the administration and monitoring of nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation (expanded function)

Part Eight: Radiographic Imaging

38: Foundations of Radiography, Radiographic Equipment, and Radiologic Safety

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Labeling exercise

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

39: Digital Imaging, Dental Film, and Processing Radiographs

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercises

Competency 39.1: assembling the extension-cone paralleling (XCP) instruments

Competency 39.2: duplicating dental radiographs

Competency 39.3: processing dental films manually

Competency 39.4: processing dental films in an automatic film processor

40: Compliance Control in Dental Radiology

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Topics for discussion

Competency 40.1: Practicing infection control during film exposure

Competency 40.2: practicing infection control in the darkroom

Competency 40.3: practicing infection control with use of daylight loader

Competency 40.4: practicing infection control with digital sensors

Competency 40.5: practicing infection control with phosphor storage plates (PSPs)

41: Intraoral Imaging

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercises

Competency 41.1: preparing the patient for dental imaging

Competency 41.2: producing full-mouth radiographic survey using paralleling technique

Competency 41.3 producing full-mouth radiographic survey using bisecting technique

Competency 41.4: producing A four-view radiographic survey using THE bitewing technique

Competency 41.5: producing maxillary and mandibular radiographs using THE occlusal technique

Competency 41.6: mounting dental radiographs

42: Extraoral Imaging

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercises

Competency 42.1: preparing equipment for panoramic imaging

Competency 42.2: preparing the patient for panoramic imaging

Competency 42.3: positioning the patient for panoramic imaging

Part Nine: Dental Materials

43: Restorative and Esthetic Dental Materials

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 43.1: mixing and transferring dental amalgam

Competency 43.2: preparing composite resin materials

Competency 43.3: mixing intermediate restorative materials

44: Dental Liners, Bases, and Bonding Systems

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 44.1: applying calcium hydroxide (expanded function)

Competency 44.2: applying dental varnish (expanded function)

Competency 44.3: applying a desensitizer (expanded function)

Competencies 44.4 to 44.6: mixing a selected type of cement as a base (expanded function)

Competency 44.7: applying an etchant material (expanded function)

Competency 44.8: applying a bonding system (expanded function)

45: Dental Cements

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 45.1: mixing glass for permanent cementation

Competency 45.2: mixing composite resin for permanent cementation

Competency 45.3: mixing zinc oxide–eugenol for temporary cementation

Competency 45.4: mixing zinc oxide–eugenol for permanent cementation

Competency 45.5: mixing polycarboxylate for permanent cementation

Competency 45.6: mixing zinc phosphate for permanent cementation

Competency 45.7: removing cement from permanent or temporary cementation (expanded function)

46: Impression Materials

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 46.1: Mixing alginate impression material

Competencies 46.2 and 46.3: Taking a mandibular and/or maxillary preliminary impression (expanded function)

Competency 46.4: Mixing a two-paste final impression material

Competency 46.5: Preparing an automix final impression material

Competency 46.6: Mixing polysiloxane material for a bite registration

47: Laboratory Materials and Procedures

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 47.1: Taking a face-bow registration (expanded function)

Competency 47.2: Mixing dental plaster

Competency 47.3: Pouring dental models using the inverted-pour method

Competency 47.4: Trimming and finishing dental models

Competency 47.5: Constructing an acrylic resin custom tray

Competency 47.6: Creating a light-cured custom tray

Competency 47.7: Constructing a vacuum-formed custom tray

Part Ten: Assisting in Comprehensive Dental Care

48: General Dentistry

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competencies 48.1 and 48.2: Assisting in an amalgam restoration

Competencies 48.3 and 48.4: Assisting in a composite restoration

Competency 48.5: Placing and carving an intermediate restoration (expanded function)

Competency 48.6: Assisting in the placement of a direct veneer

49: Matrix Systems for Restorative Dentistry

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 49.1: Assembling a matrix band and Tofflemire retainer

Competency 49.2: Placing and removing a matrix band and wedge for a class II restoration (expanded function)

Competency 49.3: Placing a plastic matrix for a class III or class IV restoration

50: Fixed Prosthodontics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 50.1: Placing and removing a gingival retraction cord (expanded function)

Competency 50.2: Assisting in a crown or bridge preparation

Competency 50.3: Assisting in the delivery and cementation of a cast restoration

Competency 50.4: Assisting in a cad/cam procedure (expanded function)

51: Provisional Coverage

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competencies 51.1 and 51.2: Fabricating and cementing a custom acrylic provisional crown or bridge

Competency 51.3: Fabricating and cementing a preformed provisional crown

52: Removable Prosthodontics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competencies 52.1 to 52.3: Assisting in the delivery of a partial and/or complete denture

Competency 52.4: Repairing a fractured denture

53: Dental Implants

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 53.1: Assisting in endosteal implant surgery

54: Endodontics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 54.1: Assisting in electric pulp vitality test

Competency 54.2: Assisting in root canal therapy

55: Periodontics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive patient case exercise

Competency 55.1: Assisting with a dental prophylaxis

Competency 55.2: Assisting with gingivectomy and gingivoplasty

Competency 55.3: Preparing and placing a noneugenol periodontal dressing (Expanded function*)

Competency 55.4: Removing a periodontal dressing

56: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 56.1: Preparing a sterile field for instruments and supplies

Competency 56.2: Performing a surgical scrub

Competency 56.3: Performing sterile gloving

Competencies 56.4 to 56.6: Assisting in surgical extraction

Competency 56.7: Assisting in suture placement

Competency 56.8: Performing suture removal (Expanded function)

Competency 56.9: Assisting in the treatment of alveolar osteitis

57: Pediatric Dentistry

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 57.1: Assisting in pulpotomy of a primary tooth

Competency 57.2: Assisting in placement of a stainless steel crown

58: Coronal Polishing

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Competency 58.1: Rubber cup coronal polishing (Expanded function)

59: Dental Sealants

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competency 59.1: application of dental sealants (expanded function)

60: Orthodontics

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Case study

Multimedia procedures recommended review

Interactive dental office patient case exercise

Competencies 60.1 and 60.2: placing and removing separators (expanded function)

Competency 60.3: assisting in the fitting and cementation of orthodontic bands (expanded function)

Competency 60.4: assisting in the direct bonding of orthodontic brackets

Competencies 60.5 to 60.7: placing and removing arch wires and ties (expanded function)

Part Eleven: Dental Administration and Communication Skills

61: Communication in the Dental Office

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

Competency 61.1: answering the phone

Competency 61.2: composing a business letter

62: Business Operating Systems

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Topics for discussion

Dentrix exercise

63: Financial Management in the Dental Office

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activity

Dentrix exercise

64: Marketing Your Skills

Short-answer questions

Fill-in-the-blank statements

Multiple-choice questions

Activities

Competency 64.1: preparing a professional résumé

Dental Assisting Clinical Externship Guide

Flash Cards

 

An aparitie	19 July 2023
Autor	Debbie S. Robinson
Editura	Elsevier
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780443120312
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	640