Dental Instruments
A Pocket Guide
- 8th Edition - March 28, 2023
- Author: Linda Bartolomucci Boyd
- Language: English
- Other ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 3 9 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 7 6 6 - 4
Learn to identify and use more than 300 dental instruments! Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide, 8th Edition makes it quick and easy for dental assistants and dental hygienist… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLearn to identify and use more than 300 dental instruments! Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide, 8th Edition makes it quick and easy for dental assistants and dental hygienists to master the instruments, equipment, and tray setups used in everyday practice. The book includes over 750 photographs and drawings of basic and specialty dental instruments, paired with monographs describing each instrument’s characteristics, functions, order of use, and sterilization guidelines. With a spiral-bound, flashcard-style, flip-chart format, the book also makes it easy to review key information and to assess your knowledge. Dental Instruments is the perfect guide both for study and for chairside reference!
- EXPANDED! Photos and illustrations show the instrument or equipment in use within the context of dental care, also emphasizing updates in emerging technologies, infection control, implants, and orthodontics.
- More than 750 high-quality photographs and illustrations include both full and close-up views to help quickly and accurately identify and differentiate dental instruments.
- Clear, two-page spreads include a photo of each instrument along with its name, functions, characteristics, practice notes, and sterilization, with chapters progressing from basic instruments to more specialized instruments.
- Flashcard-style format is perfect for self-quizzing on dental instruments and their uses.
- Pocket size, spiral binding, and Velcro® closure enable easy, on-the-go study and use.
- Practice Notes and Sterilization Notes summarize common tray setups as well as CDC recommendations.
- Student review activities on Evolve include chapter quizzes as well as tray setup questions and exercises.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- New to this edition
- Acknowledgments
- Photo/illustration credits
- 1. Basic dental instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 2. Enamel-cutting instruments
- ■ Instrument
- 3. Local anesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 4. Evacuation devices, air/water syringe tip, and dental unit
- ■ Instrument
- 5. Dental handpieces
- ■ Instrument
- 6. Burs and rotary attachments for handpieces
- ■ Instrument
- 7. Dental dam instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 8. Amalgam restorative instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 9. Composite restorative instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 10. Fixed prosthodontics restorative instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 11. Endodontic instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 12. Hygiene instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 13. Preventive and sealant instruments and whitening trays
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 14. Orthodontic instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 15. Universal surgical instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 16. Periodontal instruments and periodontal surgical instruments
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 17. Oral surgery extraction instruments and dental implants
- ■ Instrument
- ■ Tray setup
- 18. Sterilization and protective equipment
- ■ Instrument
- 19. Dental materials equipment
- ■ Instrument
- 20. Dental imaging and diagnostic equipment
- ■ Instrument
- 21. Patient assessment and emergency equipment
- ■ Instrument
- Index
- No. of pages: 800
- Language: English
- Edition: 8
- Published: March 28, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Other ISBN: 9780323873901
- eBook ISBN: 9780323877664
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Linda Bartolomucci Boyd
Linda Bartolomucci Boyd is a Professor Emeritus at Diablo Valley College, where she served as the Program Coordinator of the RDA/CDA program. She has been a RDA for over 35 years and taught in community colleges for many years.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Program Coordinator Registered Dental Assisting Program, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA