Description:
Learn to hone your dental assisting knowledge and skills with this bestselling workbook. Featuring reinforcement exercises and application activities that correspond chapter-by-chapter to the content covered in Robinson’s Modern Dental Assisting, 14th Edition, this workbook gives you the practice you need to master both dental assisting concepts and practical office skills. The workbook comes with original practice management exercises that correspond to the Dentrix software available on Evolve. Also included are ample content review questions, case applications with questions, detached flash cards, and competency skills evaluation sheets for practice with dental assisting procedures.
Seamless content correlation uses activities and exercises that reinforce the chapter content students are currently learning in the main text.
Practice and review questions for each chapter include short answer, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and labeling questions to help reinforce students’ understanding of terminology and concepts.
Dental Assisting Clinical Externship Guide provides information and resources to support practicum.
Competency skill checklists provide clear guidelines for performing each dental assisting skill and help students evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, with pages perforated so that they can detach individual skill sheets for use in clinical settings.
Flashcards summarize key information about the sciences, medical emergencies, infection control, radiography, dental materials, dental instruments, and dental procedures, offering convenient, on-the-go review and exam preparation.
NEW! Updated review questions, case applications, and exercises help reinforce students’ understanding of terminology and concepts from the main text.
UPDATED! Revised Dentrix exercises correlate with the updated Dentrix Learning Edition software, which is available for download on the Evolve companion website.
Table of Contents:
Part One: The Dental Assisting Profession
1: History of Dentistry
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
2: The Dental Healthcare Team
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
3: The Professional Dental Assistant
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activities
4: Ethics and Code of Conduct in Dentistry
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activities
Dentistry and the Law
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activities
Part Two: Sciences in Dentistry
6: General Anatomy
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercises
Activities
7: General Physiology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercise
Activity
8: Oral Embryology and Histology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercises
Topics for discussion
9: Head and Neck Anatomy
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercises
Topics for discussion
10: Landmarks of the Face and Oral Cavity
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercise
Activities
11: Overview of the Dentitions
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercises
Activity
12: Tooth Morphology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercises
Activities
Part Three: Oral Health and Prevention of Dental Disease
13: Impact of Oral Public Health
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
13. 1: applying topical fluoride gel or foam (Expanded function)
Competency
13. 2: applying fluoride varnish (Expanded function)
Competency
13. 3: assisting the patient with dental floss (Expanded function)
14 Nutrition
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Case study
15: Dental Caries
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
15. 1: performing caries detection using the kavo diagnodent caries detection device (Expanded function)
Competency
15. 2: performing caries risk assessment (Expanded function)
16: Periodontal Disease
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Labeling exercise
Case study
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
17: Oral Pathology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Part Four: Infection Prevention in Dentistry
18: Microbiology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
19: Disease Transmission and Infection Prevention
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Listing exercise
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
19. 1: applying first aid after an exposure incident
Competency
19. 2: Handwashing
Competency
19. 3: applying alcohol-based hand rubs
Competency
19. 4: Donning: putting on personal protective equipment (PPE)
Competency
19. 5: Doffing: removing personal protective equipment (PPE)
20: Principles and Techniques of Disinfection
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
20. 1: Placing and removing surface barriers
Competency
20. 2: Performing treatment room cleaning and disinfection
21: Principles and Techniques of Instrument Processing and Sterilization
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
21. 1: Operating the ultrasonic cleaner
Competency
21. 2: Autoclaving instruments
Competency
21. 3: Sterilizing instruments
Competency
21. 4: Sterilizing instruments with dry heat
Competency
21. 5: Sterilizing instruments with liquid chemical sterilants
Competency
21. 6: Following a sterilization failure
Competency
21. 7: Performing biologic monitoring
Competency
21. 8: Sterilizing the dental handpiece
Part Five: Occupational Health and Safety
22: Regulatory and Advisory Agencies
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Competency
22. 1: Applying First aid after an Exposure Incident
23: Chemical and Waste Management
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
23. 1: creating an appropriate label for a Secondary Container
24: Dental Unit Waterlines
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
24. 1: Testing dental unit waterlines
25: Ergonomics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Part Six: Patient Information and Assessment
26: The Patient’s Dental Record
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Dentrix exercises
Competency
26. 1: Registering a new patient
Competency
26. 2: obtaining a medical-dental health history
Competency
26. 3: entering treatment in a patient record
27: Vital Signs
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
27. 1: taking an oral temperature reading with a digital thermometer
Competency
27. 2: taking a patient’s pulse
Competency
27. 3: taking a patient’s respiration
Competency
27. 4: taking a patient’s blood pressure
Competency
27. 5: taking a patient’s pulse oximetry (expanded function)
Competency
27. 6: taking a patient’s ECG (expanded function)
28: Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Charting exercise
Dentrix exercise
Competency
28. 1: extraoral and intraoral photography (expanded function)
Competency
28. 2: the soft tissue examination (expanded function)
Competency
28. 3: charting of teeth
Competency
28. 4: periodontal screening: examination of the gingival tissues
29: The Special Needs and Medically Compromised Patient
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
29. 1: Transferring a Patient from a Wheelchair
30: Principles of Pharmacology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
Abbreviation identification
Case study
31: Assisting in a Medical Emergency
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
31. 1: ADministering Oxygen During an Emergency
Competency
31. 2: Responding to the unconscious patient
Competency
31. 3: Responding to the patient with chest pain
Competency
31. 4: Responding to the patient who is experiencing a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
Competency
31. 5: Responding to the patient with breathing difficulty
Competency
31. 6: responding to the patient who is experiencing an allergic reaction
Competency
31. 7: responding to the patient who is experiencing a convulsive seizure
Competency
31. 8: responding to the patient who is experiencing a diabetic emergency
Part Seven: Foundation of Clinical Dentistry
32: The Dental Office
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Competency
32. 1: performing the morning routine (opening the OFFICE)
Competency
32. 2: performing the evening routine (closing the office)
33: Delivering Dental Care
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topic for discussion
Labeling exercise
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
33. 1: admitting and seating of the patient
Competencies
33. 2 and
33. 3: transferring instruments with single-handed and two-handed techniques
Competency
33. 4: using the dental mirror intraorally
Competency
33. 5: using an instrument intraorally (expanded function)
34: Dental Hand Instruments
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
Competencies
34. 1 through
34. 4: identifying dental instruments for a restorative procedure
35: Dental Handpieces and Accessories
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competencies
35. 1 and
35. 2: identifying and attaching handpieces and rotary instruments
36: Moisture Control
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Activity
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
36. 1: Positioning the high-volume evacuator during a procedure
Competency
36. 2: performing a mouth rinse
Competency
36. 3: Placing and removing cotton rolls
Competency
36. 4: Preparing, placing, and removing the dental dam (expanded function)
37: Anesthesia and Pain Control
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
37. 1: applying a topical anesthetic
Competencies
37. 2 and
37. 3: assisting in the assembly and administration of local anesthetic injection
Competency
37. 4: assisting in the administration and monitoring of nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation (expanded function)
Part Eight: Radiographic Imaging
38: Foundations of Radiography, Radiographic Equipment, and Radiologic Safety
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Labeling exercise
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
39: Digital Imaging, Dental Film, and Processing Radiographs
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercises
Competency
39. 1: assembling the extension-cone paralleling (XCP) instruments
Competency
39. 2: duplicating dental radiographs
Competency
39. 3: processing dental films manually
Competency
39. 4: processing dental films in an automatic film processor
40: Compliance Control in Dental Radiology
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Topics for discussion
Competency
40. 1: Practicing infection control during film exposure
Competency
40. 2: practicing infection control in the darkroom
Competency
40. 3: practicing infection control with use of daylight loader
Competency
40. 4: practicing infection control with digital sensors
Competency
40. 5: practicing infection control with phosphor storage plates (PSPs)
41: Intraoral Imaging
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercises
Competency
41. 1: preparing the patient for dental imaging
Competency
41. 2: producing full-mouth radiographic survey using paralleling technique
Competency
41. 3 producing full-mouth radiographic survey using bisecting technique
Competency
41. 4: producing A four-view radiographic survey using THE bitewing technique
Competency
41. 5: producing maxillary and mandibular radiographs using THE occlusal technique
Competency
41. 6: mounting dental radiographs
42: Extraoral Imaging
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercises
Competency
42. 1: preparing equipment for panoramic imaging
Competency
42. 2: preparing the patient for panoramic imaging
Competency
42. 3: positioning the patient for panoramic imaging
Part Nine: Dental Materials
43: Restorative and Esthetic Dental Materials
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
43. 1: mixing and transferring dental amalgam
Competency
43. 2: preparing composite resin materials
Competency
43. 3: mixing intermediate restorative materials
44: Dental Liners, Bases, and Bonding Systems
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
44. 1: applying calcium hydroxide (expanded function)
Competency
44. 2: applying dental varnish (expanded function)
Competency
44. 3: applying a desensitizer (expanded function)
Competencies
44. 4 to
44. 6: mixing a selected type of cement as a base (expanded function)
Competency
44. 7: applying an etchant material (expanded function)
Competency
44. 8: applying a bonding system (expanded function)
45: Dental Cements
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
45. 1: mixing glass for permanent cementation
Competency
45. 2: mixing composite resin for permanent cementation
Competency
45. 3: mixing zinc oxide–eugenol for temporary cementation
Competency
45. 4: mixing zinc oxide–eugenol for permanent cementation
Competency
45. 5: mixing polycarboxylate for permanent cementation
Competency
45. 6: mixing zinc phosphate for permanent cementation
Competency
45. 7: removing cement from permanent or temporary cementation (expanded function)
46: Impression Materials
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
46. 1: Mixing alginate impression material
Competencies
46. 2 and
46. 3: Taking a mandibular and/or maxillary preliminary impression (expanded function)
Competency
46. 4: Mixing a two-paste final impression material
Competency
46. 5: Preparing an automix final impression material
Competency
46. 6: Mixing polysiloxane material for a bite registration
47: Laboratory Materials and Procedures
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
47. 1: Taking a face-bow registration (expanded function)
Competency
47. 2: Mixing dental plaster
Competency
47. 3: Pouring dental models using the inverted-pour method
Competency
47. 4: Trimming and finishing dental models
Competency
47. 5: Constructing an acrylic resin custom tray
Competency
47. 6: Creating a light-cured custom tray
Competency
47. 7: Constructing a vacuum-formed custom tray
Part Ten: Assisting in Comprehensive Dental Care
48: General Dentistry
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competencies
48. 1 and
48. 2: Assisting in an amalgam restoration
Competencies
48. 3 and
48. 4: Assisting in a composite restoration
Competency
48. 5: Placing and carving an intermediate restoration (expanded function)
Competency
48. 6: Assisting in the placement of a direct veneer
49: Matrix Systems for Restorative Dentistry
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
49. 1: Assembling a matrix band and Tofflemire retainer
Competency
49. 2: Placing and removing a matrix band and wedge for a class II restoration (expanded function)
Competency
49. 3: Placing a plastic matrix for a class III or class IV restoration
50: Fixed Prosthodontics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
50. 1: Placing and removing a gingival retraction cord (expanded function)
Competency
50. 2: Assisting in a crown or bridge preparation
Competency
50. 3: Assisting in the delivery and cementation of a cast restoration
Competency
50. 4: Assisting in a cad/cam procedure (expanded function)
51: Provisional Coverage
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competencies
51. 1 and
51. 2: Fabricating and cementing a custom acrylic provisional crown or bridge
Competency
51. 3: Fabricating and cementing a preformed provisional crown
52: Removable Prosthodontics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competencies
52. 1 to
52. 3: Assisting in the delivery of a partial and/or complete denture
Competency
52. 4: Repairing a fractured denture
53: Dental Implants
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
53. 1: Assisting in endosteal implant surgery
54: Endodontics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
54. 1: Assisting in electric pulp vitality test
Competency
54. 2: Assisting in root canal therapy
55: Periodontics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive patient case exercise
Competency
55. 1: Assisting with a dental prophylaxis
Competency
55. 2: Assisting with gingivectomy and gingivoplasty
Competency
55. 3: Preparing and placing a noneugenol periodontal dressing (Expanded function*)
Competency
55. 4: Removing a periodontal dressing
56: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
56. 1: Preparing a sterile field for instruments and supplies
Competency
56. 2: Performing a surgical scrub
Competency
56. 3: Performing sterile gloving
Competencies
56. 4 to
56. 6: Assisting in surgical extraction
Competency
56. 7: Assisting in suture placement
Competency
56. 8: Performing suture removal (Expanded function)
Competency
56. 9: Assisting in the treatment of alveolar osteitis
57: Pediatric Dentistry
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
57. 1: Assisting in pulpotomy of a primary tooth
Competency
57. 2: Assisting in placement of a stainless steel crown
58: Coronal Polishing
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Competency
58. 1: Rubber cup coronal polishing (Expanded function)
59: Dental Sealants
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competency
59. 1: application of dental sealants (expanded function)
60: Orthodontics
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Case study
Multimedia procedures recommended review
Interactive dental office patient case exercise
Competencies
60. 1 and
60. 2: placing and removing separators (expanded function)
Competency
60. 3: assisting in the fitting and cementation of orthodontic bands (expanded function)
Competency
60. 4: assisting in the direct bonding of orthodontic brackets
Competencies
60. 5 to
60. 7: placing and removing arch wires and ties (expanded function)
Part Eleven: Dental Administration and Communication Skills
61: Communication in the Dental Office
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
Competency
61. 1: answering the phone
Competency
61. 2: composing a business letter
62: Business Operating Systems
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Topics for discussion
Dentrix exercise
63: Financial Management in the Dental Office
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activity
Dentrix exercise
64: Marketing Your Skills
Short-answer questions
Fill-in-the-blank statements
Multiple-choice questions
Activities
Competency
64. 1: preparing a professional résumé
Dental Assisting Clinical Externship Guide
Flash Cards
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