Patient Assessment Tutorials: a Step-By-Step Guide for the Dental Hygienist, Enhanced Edition with Navigate 2 Advantage Access (2020)
This updated Fourth Edition of Jill Gehrig's highly visual, step-by-step guide takes dental hygienists-in-training through the process of patient assessment, emphasizing both the actual physical assessment and the human interaction involved.The Fourth Edition includes four chapters on communication (including an all-new motivational interviewing chapter), as well as unique Human Element sections that include real-life experiences shared by patients, students, and clinicians.Enhanced by case studies, student learning aids, videos, and a new audio glossary, Patient Assessment Tutorials provides students with everything they need to succeed in the course and their future careers as dental hygienists.
Pharmacology for Dental and Allied Health Sciences. (4th edition) (2017)
SECTION 1: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY -- SECTION 2: AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS SECTION 3: DRUGS ACTING ON THE KIDNEY -- SECTION 4: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DRUGS SECTION 5: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS -- SECTION 6: AUTACOIDS -- SECTION 7: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS -- SECTION 8: DRUGS ACTING ON BLOOD -- SECTION 9: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DRUGS -- SECTION 10: CHEMOTHERAPY I -- SECTION 11: CHEMOTHERAPY II -- SECTION 12: HORMONES -- SECTION 13: MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS -- SECTION 14: DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY
Online Videos
A Day In The Life Of A Dental Assistant (2019)
This video goes through a typical day as a dental assistant in private practice. Before I was I hygienist I was a dental assistant for a few years! PLEASE NOTE: I forgot to film taking impressions & pouring up models :)
Dental health - AIHW (2022)
Good oral health is central to a person’s overall health and wellbeing, positively affecting their quality of life, social interactions and self-esteem (COAG 2015). Without it, a person’s quality of life can be compromised, with pain, discomfort and embarrassment affecting the ability to eat, speak, sleep and socialise confidently.
Oral Health and Dental Care in Australia (2023)
The goal of Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024 (COAG Health Council 2015) is to improve the oral health status and reduce the burden of poor oral health across the Australian population.
Dental Practice Scheduling Essentials
Time management in a dental office is making sure that time is used properly by prioritizing tasks and working efficiently.
Dental Caries
Caries is tooth decay, commonly called cavities. The symptoms—tender, painful teeth—appear late. Diagnosis is based on inspection, probing of the enamel surface with a fine metal instrument, and dental x-rays. Treatment involves removing affected tooth structure and restoring it with various materials. Fluoride, diligent dental hygiene, sealants, and proper diet can prevent virtually all caries.
Standards Australia > NMT
This link opens in a new windowA complete listing of all the Australian and New Zealand Standards that you require for your work and study. FAQ's to assist you are also to be found here.
Code of Practice and Safety Guide for Radiation Protection in Dentistry
The Code establishes the responsibilities of those involved in dental radiology, and lays down requirements for equipment and siting, image receptors and film processing, and procedures to minimise exposure to ionizing radiation. The Safety Guide provides advice and guidance on measures that could be employed to assist in meeting the requirements of the Code of Practice.
Dental Board of Australia - Policies, Codes and Guidelines
Dental guidelines on infection control
The Dental Board of Australia has developed policies, codes and guidelines to provide guidance to the profession. These also help to clarify our views and expectations on a range of issues.
Check Your Mouth - Oral Health Cancer Examination Technique
Your self-discovery “Check Your Mouth™” exam actually starts outside of your mouth by looking at yourself in the mirror. Both sides of your face and neck should look relatively the same as we are all generally symmetrical.
Natural Tooth as an Interim Prosthesis. (2016)
This paper describes the immediate replacement of a right central incisor using a fiber-composite resin splint with the natural tooth crown as a pontic following surgical extraction of the dilacerated impacted permanent maxillary central incisor.
Oral Health and Dental Care in Australia (2019)
The National Oral Health Plan identifies four priority population groups that have poorer oral health than the general population and also experience barriers to accessing oral health care—either in the private or public sector. State and territory governments are the current providers of most public dental services, and access is largely targeted towards people on low incomes or holders of concession cards.
UW Researchers Test New Reversible Cement (2019)
Dental cement is strong for good reason, but anyone who has had braces removed or a crown replaced knows what a struggle it can be for the dentist to pop off the old hardware. That may soon be a thing of the past, however, with the development of a new reversible cement tested by UW School of Dentistry researchers.
Managing Adult Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office
Hypertension is defined as a blood pressure (BP) ≥140/90 mm Hg. Hypertensive emergency (Table 6) is defined by a BP ≥180/110 mm Hg and signs and symptoms of severely elevated BP.