Download or read book Leadership and Communication in Dentistry written by Joseph P. Graskemper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides practical strategies for dentists to effectively and confidently communicate with many dental insurance issues, as well as with their patients and members of their staff. Providing real-world examples and sample letters, the book includes specific guidance on how to handle common communication scenarios to avoid being caught off-guard or unprepared. Leadership and Communication in Dentistry begins with a unique section discussing communications with insurance companies, including negotiations, PPO contract issues, appeals letters, and more. It then includes chapters on communicating with patients, addressing how to listen to their concerns and motivate them, and staff, emphasizing how to be a better leader and institute office policies. The final section explores how dentists can use leadership and communication skills to improve their practice of dentistry. Provides concrete guidance on how dentists can confidently take the lead on conversations with dental insurance companies, their staff, and their patients Includes real-world examples of how to lead through communications Divided into sections covering communications with insurance companies, dental patients, and staff members Teaches that being mindful of proper communication and leadership skills will create a true balance for the successful dentist leader to become successful at living Leadership and Communication in Dentistry is a must-have resource for any dentist or dental student wishing to improve their communication skills.

Download or read book Dr Lazare s the Patient s Guide to Dentistry written by Marc Lazare D.D.S. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by the creator of the popular Dental Expert and Pediatric Dental Expert app for the iPhone and iPad, Dr. Marc Lazare, who has gathered information from the top dental experts in their fields to answer the most frequently asked dental questions in all categories of dental care. The Patients Guide to Dentistry is the ultimate guide to everything you would like to know, and everything you should know. There are many questions people have about dental care. There are terms that they have heard mentioned but aren't quite sure what they are. They have heard about advances in dental technology and various treatments but don't know who to ask about them. Their dentist is often too busy to present all the different choices one has, and doesn't have the time to explain in detail what needs to be done. People have a fear of the unknown and a fear of dentistry is common. We all are concerned with doing what is best for us and our family while trying to keep costs down. There are many aspects of basic dental care we do not understand. The idea of when to see a dentist and if I go will I have pain are just some of the universal concerns. Here, in one book, are the answers we need.

Download or read book Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry E Book written by Stephen J. Stefanac and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop your skills in evaluation and dental treatment planning for all types of patients! Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 3rd Edition provides a full-color guide to creating treatment plans based on a comprehensive patient assessment. Using evidence-based research, this book shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. New chapters cover patient diagnosis and team-based treatment planning, and a new Evolve website includes videos and decision-making algorithms. Written by experienced dentistry educators Stephen Stefanac and Samuel Nesbit, this book is the only dental resource that combines patient examination and oral diagnosis with treatment planning. - Clear, logical organization builds your understanding with sections on comprehensive patient evaluation, key treatment planning concepts, a detailed review of the five phases of planning treatment and guidelines for selecting the appropriate plan of care, and care planning for patients with special needs. - In Clinical Practice boxes highlight situations that may be faced by the general dentist. - What's the Evidence? boxes cite research articles affecting clinical decision-making and treatment planning strategies. - Ethics in Dentistry boxes address ethical issues you may encounter in treatment planning. - Review exercises in each chapter let you apply concepts to clinical practice. - Expert authors and contributors provide a current, authoritative resource for effective treatment planning. - Key Terms and a Glossary highlight and define important terminology. - Evidence-based coverage demonstrates how to use research and clinical evidence in making treatment planning decisions. - NEW Common Diagnoses in Dentistry chapter provides guidelines to making an accurate patient diagnosis prior to beginning treatment. - NEW Interprofessional Treatment Planning chapter describes dental care in the context of a team-based collaborative approach, so that the dental treatment plan aligns with the overall treatment goals of the patient. - NEW! Full-color photographs illustrate clinical principles and pathologies, and a colorful design highlights key content. - Updated content reflects advances in dental techniques, materials, and patient treatment options based on research, clinical experience, and current literature. - NEW resources on an Evolve website include videos and decision-making algorithms.

Download or read book Professional Responsibility in Dentistry written by Joseph P. Graskemper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN DENTISTRY Concise guide to practical information on dental law, ethics, and practice management, all tailored to any dental practice Professional Responsibility in Dentistry, Second Edition is a clinically oriented guide to legal and ethical requirements in a dental practice. This thoroughly revised new edition takes a practical approach, providing examples and case studies of situations that dentists may face, with discussions of dental law, risk management, professionalism, and ethics as they relate to each situation. Divided into four sections to allow for comprehensive and accessible coverage of the subject, the Second Edition adds new chapters on taking practices to the next level and how to read a profit and loss statement, as well as offering updates and new information throughout. Professional Responsibility in Dentistry provides key information on: Lawsuits, including the effects of losing one, the regulation of dentistry, and definitions of important legal concepts in the field The doctor-patient relationship, refusing to treat, medical-dental history, child and elder abuse, informed consent, and record keeping Statute of limitations, abandonment, standard of care, peer review, risk management, and managing employees and associates Starting or buying a practice, marketing for a successful practice, multispecialty practices, and taking your practice from ‘better’ to ‘best’ Bringing legal and ethical issues to life with real-world clinical cases, Professional Responsibility in Dentistry, Second Edition is an essential resource for dental students, new dentists, and any practicing dentist.

Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Dental Nursing written by Elizabeth Boon and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Dental Nursing serves as a practical, easily accessible, informative, and up-to-date quick reference guide that a dental nurse can use throughout their career, from the initial training stage to qualification and beyond. It enables users to find relevant information quickly, and will support dental nurses in their everyday work and provide easy access to information they may require in clinical sessions. As well as the basics it highlights thecore competencies and contains further information which is of use to qualified dental nurses working in general dental practice, in the NHS or private sector, dental hospitals, and community dental services. The book is aimed primarily at dental nurses and will also be valuable to dental surgeons,tutors, and assessors to facilitate the learning and development of their students.

Download or read book The World Almanac Guide to Getting Out Alive written by World Almanac and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Almanac's brand-new, full-color survival handbook, offering tips and tricks for getting through life in one piece! This is not your parents' scouting survival manual! From extreme weather to just leaving the house every day, who doesn't have a lot to be worried about? The World Almanac Guide to Getting Out Alive prepares readers to face any obstacle head-on, with the best possible action. Whether you're worried about surviving something uncommon (like a volcanic eruption, shark attack, or plane crash) or something more common (like going to the dentist or giving a presentation in front of your whole class), this guide has escape routes, strategies, and other ways to get to safer ground––or avoid trouble in the first place! Chapters include: Survival Skills 101 First Aid Basics Animal Attacks Dangerous Situations Well, I’m Lost When Nature Attacks Family Troubles Body Language Occupational Hazards (Surviving School and Work) Social Situations The World Almanac Guide to Getting Out Alive can prepare you for just about anything that life might throw your way––and turn any possible cause for concern into empowered action.

Download or read book Comprehensive Dental Workbook written by Jones & Bartlett Learning, and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jones & Bartlett Learning Comprehensive Dental Assisting Workbook is the ideal companion text for dental assisting students who are using the Jones & Bartlett Learning Comprehensive Dental Assisting textbook.

Download or read book Getting Your Child to Say Yes to School written by Christopher Kearney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many parents find getting their child to school in the morning to be quite a challenge. If your child consistently pleads with you to let him stay home from school, if he skips school, if his morning routine is fraught with misbehaviors, or if he exhibits signs of distress and anxiety related to attending school, this book can help. Getting Children to Say Yes to School: A Guide for Parents is designed to help you address your childs school refusal behavior in the early stages. This guide helps you identify school refusal behavior and provides step-by-step instructions to solve the problem. Learn different techniques for getting your child to school, including enhancing relaxation, changing your child's negative thoughts about school, establishing a clear and predictable morning routine, and setting up a system of rewards for going to school. Tools such as worksheets, lists of Dos and Don'ts, sample parent/child dialogues, and Fridge Notes combine to create a workbook-type resource that will help you increase your childs school attendance and relieve your own feelings of concern and worry. Easy to read and filled with concrete strategies, this book is the first of its kind dedicated to educating and arming parents with the tools they need to resolve their child's school refusal behavior.

Download or read book Getting Your Child Back to School written by Christopher A. Kearney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This chapter provides an overview of types of school attendance problems, including full-day absences, partial absences or skipped classes, tardiness, morning behavior problems in an attempt to miss school, and distress during the school day. This chapter also includes a summary of what the book is about as well as a discussion of conditions under which the book will be more helpful or less helpful to parents. This chapter also includes suggestions for seeking outside professional help if the book is deemed less helpful. This chapter also covers prevalence of school attendance problems, common characteristics of this population, adjusting to a new school, medical conditions associated with absenteeism, and how to define success. This chapter also asks parents to collate main contact information for parties needed to help resolve a child's school attendance problems"--

Download or read book Oral Health Psychology written by Tiril Willumsen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is exceptional in its coverage of modern theories on the patient-centered approach to communication, preventive dentistry, and dental anxiety. It provides the knowledge and tools required in order to implement a trauma-sensitive approach that will enhance the treatment experience for both the patient and the dental practitioner. General psychological aspects of dentistry and behavior management in patients who experience dental fear, anxiety, and pain are considered in detail. Extensive attention is devoted to the effective delivery of preventive care and dental treatment in a wide range of specific patient groups, including fearful and abused children and patients suffering from depression, personality disorders, psychosis, substance abuse disorders, and eating disorders. The importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and self-care in the dental clinic is also discussed. The book is an international collaborative effort between dentists and psychologists who draw on scientific research as well as their personal experiences in clinical practice. It is an excellent educational resource and will help readers to solve challenges in their own clinical settings.

Download or read book Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat E Book written by Gary Landsberg and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behavior Problems of the Dog & Cat, 4th Edition retains the highly practical approach that has proved so successful in previous editions, offering diagnostic guidelines, preventive advice, treatment guidelines and charts, case examples, client forms and handouts, and product and resource suggestions, along with details on the use of drugs and natural supplements to help optimize the behavior services offered in practice. - Step-by-step guidelines describe how to collect a patient history, perform a thorough physical examination, conduct diagnostic testing, formulate differential diagnoses, select treatment, and monitor the patients' responses. - Background information describes how dog and cat behavior problems arise and how they can be prevented. - Coverage of behavior modification techniques provides you with a clear understanding of suggested treatment as well as the use of drugs, products, pheromones, surgery, diet, and alternative therapies. - Content on behavioral genetics explores this rapidly growing and advancing field and includes new therapeutic approaches for cognitive decline. - Case studies illustrate real-life clinical situations. - Easy-access treatment tables provide at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems. - Useful appendices include treatment protocols as well as the drug information and dosages that make effective prescribing easy. - NEW! Many hot new topics are covered, including fear, anxiety, and stress and their effects on health and behavior, as well as pain and behavior, the psychobiological approach to veterinary behavior assessment, and pets and the family dynamic. - NEW! Updated chapter content is extensively augmented or completely rewritten by new authors, making this more than just a new edition – it's a new book! - NEW! eBook version is included with print purchase which allows access to all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Online access also includes handouts and forms, drug dosing, and a comprehensive directory of resources.

Download or read book Pediatric First Aid for Caregivers and Teachers written by and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caregivers and teachers need to know what to do when a child is injured or becomes suddenly ill. Most injuries that require first aid care are not life-threatening. However, first aid can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. This course is designed to give caregivers and teachers the education they need to effectively care for children.

Download or read book Effective Dental Assisting written by Shirley Pratt Schwarzrock and published by McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics. This book was released on 1982 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Leadership and Management Compendium written by David Obatomi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete dependence on capable leadership is one of few things every organisation has in common. In the absence of talented leadership, the workforce – and by extension the entire business – cannot achieve its full potential. Leadership & Management are two very different concepts, though are intrinsically interconnected. For an organisation to perform at its best, a strategic combination of both Leadership & Management is required. It’s one thing to master the art of effective delegation, instruction and supervision. It’s something else entirely to inspire a workforce to achieve more by setting a strong example. To become a talented manager and an inspiring leader is to enjoy extraordinary career prospects worldwide. This booklet is a compilation of all the assignments and answers provided through thorough research using a wide range of resources. It is anticipated that the compendium will be a valuable document to consult for anyone aspiring to be ab excellent managers or leaders in their organisation.

Download or read book The Manual of Dental Assisting written by Dental Assistants' Association of Australia and published by Elsevier Australia. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference manual catering for all aspects of dental assisting; it supports and is aligned to important Australian government standards including the National Competency Standards part of the recently endorsed Health Training Package.

Download or read book Modern Dental Assisting E Book written by Doni L. Bird and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 1187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn dental assisting top to bottom from the best, with the most comprehensive, most current, and most trusted text available. For more than 40 years, students and practitioners alike have relied on Modern Dental Assisting for its cutting-edge content, easy-to-grasp writing style, step-by-step procedures, engaging learning features, and top-notch visuals to master all aspects of dental assisting. The 12th edition showcases a brand-new illustration program and content on technological advances, public health and access to care, teledentistry, infection control guidelines, the Zika virus, Ebola, the oral-systemic health connection, and much more. Written by trusted experts Doni Bird and Debbie Robinson, this is the all-in-one learning resource you need to stay ahead of the curve in the modern world of dental assisting. Comprehensive, cutting edge content provides a single, start-to-finish source for dental assisting training. Step-by-step procedures use color coding, key-step icons, and clinical photos to demonstrate key dental assisting competencies for both general and expanded functions — detailing for each the equipment and supplies, chronological steps, and rationales. 70 procedural videos with questions and answers provide you with unlimited practice for clinical encounters. UNIQUE! Interactive Dental Office program features 25 in-depth case studies with questions, online periodontal charting, and radiographic mounting exercises to help you problem-solve their way through a wide variety of dental conditions and procedures. Recall and Critical Thinking questions in each chapter as well as self-assessment questions and an online mock exam provide robust opportunities for practice and application. Feature boxes on CDC guidelines, patient education, law and ethics, and future trends summarize recommendations and key applications in practice. Chapter key terms are defined at the beginning of each chapter, highlighted within text discussions, and cross-referenced to chapters within the glossary. Learning and performance outcomes help you focus on goals, serve as checkpoints for comprehension and skills mastery, and provide study tools for exam preparation. NEW! Content on the latest topics affecting dental assisting practice includes technological advancements, public health and access to care, teledentistry, infection control guidelines, the Zika virus, Ebola, the oral-systemic health connection, and much more. Revised art program provides vivid original renderings of dental anatomy tooth morphology and dental imaging, along with modern and improved photos of the latest products, equipment, and instruments.

Download or read book Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors written by D. Corydon Hammond and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990-06-17 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a practical desktop reference, this official publication of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is the largest collection of hypnotic suggestions and metaphors ever compiled. It provides a look at what experienced clinicians actually say to their patients during hypnotic work. A book to be savored and referred to time and again, this handbook will become a dog-eared resource for the clinician using hypnosis.