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Clinical practice of the dental hygienist / Esther M. Wilkins ; contributing editor, Charlotte J. Wyche.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RK60.5 .W5 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkins, Esther M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dental hygiene.
- Dental Prophylaxis.
- Dental Hygienists.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dental Prophylaxis.
- Dental Hygienists.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 1147 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Eleventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2013]
- Contents:
- The professional dental hygienist
- Evidence-based dental hygiene practice
- Effective health communication
- Infection control : transmissible diseases
- Exposure control : barriers for patient and clinician
- Infection control : clinical procedures
- Patient reception and ergonomic practice
- Introduction to documentation
- Personal, dental, and medical histories
- Vital signs
- Extraoral and intraoral examination
- Dental radiographic imaging
- Study casts
- The periodontium
- Examination instruments and procedures
- Periodontal diseases
- The teeth
- The occlusion
- Dental biofilm and other soft deposits
- Calculus
- Dental stains and discolorations
- Indices and scoring methods
- Planning for dental hygiene care
- The dental hygiene care plan
- Patient learning for health behavioral change
- Protocols for prevention and control of dental caries
- Oral infection control: toothbrushes and toothbrushing
- Interdental care and irrigation
- Dentifrices and mouthrinses
- The patient with orthodontic appliances
- Care of dental prostheses
- The patient with dental implants
- The patient who uses tobacco
- Diet and dietary analysis
- Fluorides
- Sealants
- Anxiety and pain control
- Instruments and principles for instrumentation
- Nonsurgical periodontal instrumentation
- Nonsurgical periodontal therapy: supplemental care procedures
- Acute periodontal conditions
- Sutures and dressings
- Dentin hypersensitivity
- Extrinsic stain removal
- Tooth bleaching
- principles of evaluation
- Maintenance
- Patients with special needs
- Emergency care
- Appendix I: American Dental Hygienists' Association Code of Ethics for Dental Hygienists
- Appendix II: Canadian Dental Hygienists Association Code of Ethics
- Appendix III: International Federation of Dental Hygienists Code of Ethics
- Appendix IV: Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings
- Appendix V: Average measurements of human teeth appendix VI: Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
- Appendix VII: Charting symbols and standardized abbreviations useful for documenting dental hygiene care.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781608317189
- 1608317188
- OCLC:
- 757838383
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