Spanish Terminology for the Dental Team
- 1st Edition - December 5, 2003
- Imprint: Mosby
- Author: Mosby
- Language: English
Organized by the way dental care providers interact with patients, this practical handbook helps anyone working in the dental office to communicate more effectively and improve the… Read more
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Organized by the way dental care providers interact with patients, this practical handbook helps anyone working in the dental office to communicate more effectively and improve the quality of care delivered to Spanish-speaking patients. Conveniently sized and easy to use, this valuable resource covers everything from the initial greeting with the patient, to recording the patient's history, assessing the patient's overall health and oral health, and discussing any kind of dental procedure. Even readers with a limited understanding of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation will be able to use this guide to formulate explanations, instructions, and questions in Spanish.
- A companion, audio CD-ROM is included and provides the English to Spanish translation of every phrase in the book.
- Content covers everything from salutations to case histories and follow up care — in the style dentists and assistants interact with patients.
- The highly portable, pocket guide format is easy to reference when taking a history or working with a patient.
- Terminology included in this reference covers the gamut of topics that are essential to effective communication in the dental office — related to both administration and procedures.
- Clinical exchanges covered in the book include those that deal with the hygiene appointment, the dentist's preventive checkup, taking x-rays, and treatment planning.
- More specific phrases are found on the specialty dental visits — including periodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics, and cosmetic dentistry — as well as front office exchanges between a patient and the business assistant.
- Content covers speaking to pediatric patients and includes more simplistic language.
- Informal expressions provide more casual phrases to use with the patient.
- A comprehensive glossary offers an English to Spanish list of common words and phrases divided by categories — such as days of the week, interrogative questions, common dental terms, and other terms in common use that are not necessarily related to dentistry.
- Each English phrase appears in boldface type, and beneath the English phrase is the same phrase in Spanish, not in boldface.
- Several versions of equivalent expressions are provided to ensure that individuals with different styles of communication will be able to select the expressions that they like best.
How to Use this Book
Accents
Gender of Nouns
Adjectives and Pronouns
Verbs
Pronunciations
Part I: General Communication and Administration
1. Addressing the Patient with Courtesy
2. Speaking to Children
3. General Emergency Protocol
4. Office Administration
5. Common Patient Questions and Responses
Part II: Patient Evaluation and Planning Care
6. Taking a Patient History
7. Overall Health Assessment
8. Assessment of Oral Hygiene Habit
9. Oral Assessment
10. Positioning the Patient
11. Radiographic Examination
12. Dental Examination
13. Consultation and Referral
14. Treatment Planning and Informed Consent
15. Evaluation of the Teeth and Restorations
16. Periodontal Evaluation
17. Endodontic Evaluation
18. Occlusal and Orthodontic Evaluation
Part III: Delivery of Care and Postoperative Care
19. Preventive Care
20. Restorative Treatment
21. Dental Hygiene Care and Periodontal Therapy
22. Endodontic Treatment
23. Orthodontic Treatment
24. Prosthetic Examination and Treatment
25. Tooth Whitening (Bleaching)
26. Cosmetic Restoration
27. Extractions, Oral Surgery, and Implant Placement
Glossary
Spanish-English Vocabulary
Informal Expressions
Accents
Gender of Nouns
Adjectives and Pronouns
Verbs
Pronunciations
Part I: General Communication and Administration
1. Addressing the Patient with Courtesy
2. Speaking to Children
3. General Emergency Protocol
4. Office Administration
5. Common Patient Questions and Responses
Part II: Patient Evaluation and Planning Care
6. Taking a Patient History
7. Overall Health Assessment
8. Assessment of Oral Hygiene Habit
9. Oral Assessment
10. Positioning the Patient
11. Radiographic Examination
12. Dental Examination
13. Consultation and Referral
14. Treatment Planning and Informed Consent
15. Evaluation of the Teeth and Restorations
16. Periodontal Evaluation
17. Endodontic Evaluation
18. Occlusal and Orthodontic Evaluation
Part III: Delivery of Care and Postoperative Care
19. Preventive Care
20. Restorative Treatment
21. Dental Hygiene Care and Periodontal Therapy
22. Endodontic Treatment
23. Orthodontic Treatment
24. Prosthetic Examination and Treatment
25. Tooth Whitening (Bleaching)
26. Cosmetic Restoration
27. Extractions, Oral Surgery, and Implant Placement
Glossary
Spanish-English Vocabulary
Informal Expressions
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 5, 2003
- Imprint: Mosby
- Language: English