Main description:

Compact yet comprehensive, Norman/Phinney/Halstead's DENTAL ASSISTING INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS GUIDE, 3rd edition, offers an ideal, quick-reference resource that covers the various instruments and materials used in all practice areas of modern dentistry. Detailed coverage of proper functions, properties, precautions and tray setups is supported by hundreds of full-color photos that make memorization easier. This convenient handbook equips you with the fundamental instrument and equipment knowledge today's dental assistants need for success in a continually advancing field.

Contents:

1. Properties and Care of Dental Instruments.
2. Disposables and Barriers.
3. Basic Instruments, Evacuation and Air-Water Syringe.
4. Topical and Local Anesthetic and Nitrous Oxide Sedation.
5. Dental Dam.
6. Dental Unit and Handpieces.
7. Burs, Stones and Discs.
8. Hand-Cutting Instruments.
9. Diagnostic Aids, Matrices, Instruments and Materials used for Cements, Bases, Liners and Build Up.
10. Amalgam Bonding, Amalgam, Amalgam Instruments and Equipment.
11. Composite Instruments and Equipment.
12. Endodontic Instruments and Materials.
13. Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Instruments and Materials.
14. Orthodontic Instruments and Materials.
15. Pedodontic Instruments, Preventive Dentistry and Whitening Products.
16. Periodontic Instruments and Materials.
17. Fixed Prosthodontics Instruments and Materials.
18. Implant Instruments and Systems.
19. Sterilization Equipment.
20. Laboratory Equipment and Materials.
21. Radiography Equipment.