Download or read book Dental Practice Health Check written by Lesley Bailey and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dental Practice Health Check" helps dental practice owners improve their business. It is concise, practical and ideal for day-to-day reference. Sound, evidence-based principles are offered to assist practice owners in becoming better people managers, drive revenue and profitability through marketing and customer service, and ensure the business has robust systems and procedures to support its operation. By encouraging practice owners to step back and review their current business practices, the book examines ways of making the dental business more rewarding in the long run - maximising opportunities, and supporting revenue and profitability."Dental Practice Health Check" is highly recommended for principal dentists and dental practice managers, including those undertaking training. Associate dentists interested in purchasing or starting their own practice will find the information enlightening, as will accountants and legal firms with dental clients, as well as banks and other financial institutions.

Download or read book Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice written by Christoph Ramseier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice presents an overview of health behavior change, focusing on the spirit of motivational interviewing. Targeting the clinical application of the principles, the book applies lessons learned from the field of general and behavioral medicine to the dental practice. By presenting a series of clinical examples and accompanying dialogue, the book guides the reader in using motivational interviewing techniques as tools for oral hygiene education, tobacco use cessation, and dietary counseling. Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice supports the trend towards risk management in oral health care, offering practical guidance to promote health behavior change in patients.

Download or read book Managing Health and Safety in the Dental Practice written by Jane Bonehill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this book is to provide clear, straightforward information about the key requirements relating to health and safety in dental practices, with a practical and user-friendly approach to help manage these issues on a day-to-day basis. It assists practice managers, dentists, dental nurses and other team members in making health and safety 'second nature' by integrating it into their usual routine - thereby preventing accidents, addressing unacceptable working practices, and maintaining professional standards in order to ensure, so far as is reasonable, the protection of employees and patients. The book offers comprehensive coverage of all major topics, from the handling of hazardous substances to the management of medical emergencies. Each chapter includes: A tab for ease of reference A bulleted list outlining the scope of the chapter A list of figures An introduction to the subject and its relevance to the dental practice A list of key legislation relating to the subject The subject content broken down into sub-headings A summary to help reflection and recollection An action check list to measure against existing working practices frequently asked questions to assist in practical application Each topic is covered with specific reference to dental practice needs, with all the necessary detail but no excessive technicality. Ultimately, this book shows how a healthy and safe workplace is eminently achievable.

Download or read book Physical Evaluation in Dental Practice written by Géza T. Terézhalmy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Evaluation in Dental Practice introduces the general concepts of physical evaluation, teaching essential skills and values in patient care and offering a quick reference to common problems of the head and neck. This practical clinical guide provides concise, illustrated synopses of the manifestation of common diseases and conditions in the mouth, head, and neck. Offering the practicing dentist a solid grounding in patient examination, evaluation, and diagnosis, Physical Evaluation in Dental Practice is an invaluable chair-side reference aimed at predoctoral dentists, dental hygiene students, practicing dentists, and hygienists.

Download or read book Dental Public Health at a Glance written by Ivor G. Chestnutt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dental Public Health at a Glance Books in Wiley’s Dentistry at a Glance series are ideal study aids for undergraduate dental students and recently qualified dentists. All follow the same student-friendly style; each chapter is presented in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Dentistry at a Glance books are essential introductory guides to a wide range of topics in dentistry. The explanatory text outlines the key concepts and each bite-sized chapter is superbly illustrated to aid visual learning and understanding. Everything you need to know about Dental Public Health... at a Glance! Dental Public Health at a Glance presents a richly-illustrated introduction to dental and oral health issues in communities and populations. Offering comprehensive coverage of this increasingly important field, each topic is presented in an easy-to-comprehend two-page spread with essential facts clearly summarized and accompanied by tables, illustrations and diagrams. Dental Public Health at a Glance covers a wide range of key concepts including: Epidemiology Evidence-based dentistry Oral health promotion The relationship of fluoride, diet, smoking, and alcohol to oral health Assessment of health needs Quality assurance in the provision of dental care Considerations for a dental public health career Written by an expert in dental public health and offering illuminating insights into oral health at the population level, this is a must-have introductory textbook and revision guide for dentistry and dental hygiene and therapy students. You may also be interested in... Dentistry at a Glance Elizabeth Kay ISBN: 978-1-118-62952-9 Pre-Clinical Dental Skills at a Glance James Field ISBN: 978-1-118-76667-5 This new title is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see www.wiley.com/buy/9781118629406 or scan this QR code: Dental Public Health at a Glance is also available as a digital textbook. For more details visit, http://bit.ly/10nWPKW

Download or read book Risk Assessment in Oral Health written by Iain L.C. Chapple and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a wide-ranging guide to risk assessment and risk-based prevention in oral health and dentistry. Readers will find clear explanations of the principles, models, and tools of risk assessment, as well as practical information on risk assessment in relation to periodontal disease, caries, tooth wear, and oral cancer. The lessons that the oral healthcare profession can learn from experiences regarding risk assessment in primary medical care practice, particularly in cardiovascular and diabetes medicine, are highlighted. The closing section focuses specifically on implementation of risk assessment within the dental practice, including training of the oral healthcare team and the need to take into account medicolegal considerations. The book is a very timely addition to the literature, given the move towards wellness- rather than repair-based models of healthcare in Europe and North America and the focus of dental contracts on risk-driven care pathways. It will be of high value for not only practitioners but also professionals and healthcare funding bodies.

Download or read book Grow Your Practice Online Proven Strategies to Attract and Convert New Dental Patients written by Adam Zilko and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest challenges facing dental professionals today is how to develop and scale a comprehensive digital marketing strategy. Sadly, many dentists, periodontists, orthodontists, and periodontal surgeons struggle to maintain their footholds offline. With resources stretched thin, coming up with the budget and developing the strategies to gain prominence on Google and elsewhere online becomes a constant struggle. Wouldn't it be great if there was a complete guide to digital marketing that was written strictly for those working in dentistry? That book is here. In this fourth edition of an Amazon Best Seller, Adam Zilko has compiled a digital strategy that can be customized for any practice, regardless of size or equity. With completely updated strategies that reflect what's working today for many top practices, The Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing for Your Dental Practice contains proven strategies for attracting and converting new dental patients. A Focus on Digital Excellence The only way to attract a healthy stream of new, quality dental patients is to have a web presence that demands respect and attention. This book helps dental professionals get into the mindset of making their web presences patient-centric and targeted to quality patients who see the value in good dentistry. A Success Mindset Adam takes a unique approach that he takes with his Firegang Dental Marketing clients, and that's to get them into the proper mindset. Adam dispels common myths and helps dental professionals establish clear-cut goals and realistic expectations for building upon their dreams of dental practice success. A Fully-Customizable Digital Marketing "Treatment Plan" What follows in Grow Your Practice Online is a digital marketing strategy that can be used by new practices, those who have gone stagnant, and those intent on maximizing success. The book details the prospect's online journey and the many complicated paths prospects can take before they become an actual patient. The strategies are broken down so they are easy to learn and implement. SEO, Google & Facebook Marketing Another challenge dental professionals face is keeping up with the latest Google algorithm changes, how to optimize for Google safely so that you don't get penalized, as well as how to advertise on Google, Facebook, and other paid digital ad platforms. Adam has managed to make these facets of digital marketing easy to understand and gives plenty of advice for maximizing clicks, conversions, and return on investment. Testing & Optimizing for Maximum Leads & Growth The key to proper digital marketing is the study of the metrics and how to use those numbers and figures to maximize your efforts online. Dental professionals will learn how to make sense of all the noise and how to glean useful information from Google Analytics and other digital analysis platforms, as well has how to tweak campaigns over time to make them even more powerful. With an added digital marketing checklist for dental professionals and a full page of book bonuses, The Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing for Your Dental Practice by Adam Zilko is a must buy.

Download or read book Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry written by Caroline L. Pankhurst and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic Guide to INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN DENTISTRY A practical step-by-step guide for all members of the dental team Thoroughly updated, this new edition ensures all members of the dental team are up to speed on the practical aspects of infection prevention and control. It provides step-by-step guidance on the safe running of a dental practice, clear and concise explanations of the key issues and concepts, an overview of the evidence base, and coverage of legal and regulatory issues about which all staff members need to be aware. With more colour photographs and illustrations than the first edition, it also includes appendices full of useful practical and clinical information, and a companion website offering helpful instructional videos and self-assessment questions. Key topics include communicable diseases, occupational health and immunization, sharp safe working, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, disinfection of dental instruments, surface decontamination, dental unit waterlines, clinical waste management, and pathological specimen handling. An indispensable working resource for the busy dental practice, Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry, 2nd Edition is also an excellent primer for dental students.

Download or read book Managing the Dental Team Guidelines for Practice Success written by American Dental Association and published by American Dental Association. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides dental practices with sample job descriptions, guidelines for handling hiring and terminations, performance evaluations, and salary reviews.

Download or read book Risk Assessment and Oral Diagnostics in Clinical Dentistry written by Dena J. Fischer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many diseases can have an impact upon oral health and/or the safe delivery of dental care. Consequently, oral health care providers need to be comfortable with assessing the risk of providing dental care to their patients with systemic disease as well as the evaluation of oral conditions that may represent manifestations or consequences of systemic disease. Risk Assessment and Oral Diagnostics in Clinical Dentistry aims to enable the dental practitioner to comfortably and capably assess when medical conditions may impact dental care and diagnose oral conditions using routine testing modalities. This clinical guide contains succinct and detailed text with visual aids regarding how to obtain and perform diagnostic tests, how to interpret these tests, and the implications of tests results upon the management of medically complex dental patients and patients with oral conditions. Color photographs show conditions, testing equipment, and test results. An appendix highlights the ten most common oral medicine disorders encountered in dental practice.

Download or read book Dentistry Dental Practice and the Community E Book written by Brian A. Burt and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This great resource presents dentistry and dental practice against the ever-changing backdrop of economic, technological, and demographic trends, as well as the distribution of the oral diseases that dental professionals treat and prevent. The text is logically divided into five parts. Dentistry and the Community deals with the development of the dental and dental hygiene professions, demographics of the public, its use of dental services, and the professional role. Dental Practice covers the structure and financing of dental care, the personnel involved in providing that care, and the emerging field of evidence-based dentistry. The Methods of Oral Epidemiology provides a comprehensive assessment of the epidemiology of oral diseases and the determinants of their distribution in society. The Distribution of Oral Diseases and Conditions gives a detailed presentation of how the common oral diseases are distributed in the community. Prevention of Oral Diseases in Public Health discusses methods of preventing oral diseases in dental practice and through public health action. Thorough explanations of how to read dental literature help readers understand how to draw their own conclusions from the latest studies. Coverage presents a number of complex problems facing practitioners today regarding access to dental care, and discusses how to solve them by working with public authorities and insurers. Comprehensive coverage of oral disease distribution helps readers to understand trends and risks they will encounter in the field. Material on prevention and control of oral diseases provides important information that all dental practitioners should have. Research designs used in oral epidemology assess the pros and cons of dental indexes available, allowing readers to gain an understanding of the complexities of disease measurement and research. Detailed content on providing dental care to the American public presents a unique opportunity to learn the system of dental care delivery. State-of-the-art coverage of mercury issues offer a balanced view of issues like toxicity, potential hazards, review of evidence, and politics. Ethical guidelines provide a discussion of how ethical principles have evolved over time and the precipitating events that pushed ethical practice into the forefront of health care. Information on the development of dental professions gives readers insight into how these professions originated and their current state. · Content addresses evidence-based dentistry, and how it can and should become part of the everyday clinical life of the practitioner, since staying current is vital to providing excellent patient care. · Discussions of infection control procedures and the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B incorporate new, updated guidelines in dental health care settings released in 2003.

Download or read book NBDE Part II Lecture Notes written by Kaplan Medical and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kaplan's NBDE Part II Lecture Notes is a thorough, practical guide to help you score higher on the National Board Dental Examination: Part II. It includes all the topics covered on the NBDE Part II exam - Endodontrics, Operative dentistry, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Oral diagnosis, Orthodontics and pediatric dentistry, Patient management, Periodontics, Pharmacology, Prosthodontics, and a special section on study strategies."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Download or read book A Guide to General Dental Practice written by Nick Priest and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law and Ethics. -- Clinical governance. -- Medical histories. -- Orthodontics in general practice. -- Prescribing in practice. -- Pain, trauma and emergencies. -- Oral cancer. -- Your practice.

Download or read book Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way written by Michael R. Young and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way shows you how to turn your practice into a successful business. Being an effective practice manager demands a clear vision, sufficient business knowledge and, above all, wise judgement. Never intended to be a theoretical book, this is a "warts-and-all" guide to managing a dental practice, written by s

Download or read book Risk Assessment in Oral Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a wide-ranging guide to risk assessment and risk-based prevention in oral health and dentistry. Readers will find clear explanation of the principles, models, and tools of risk assessment, as well as practical information on risk assessment in relation to periodontal disease, caries, tooth wear, and oral cancer. The lessons that the oral healthcare profession can learn from experiences regarding risk assessment in primary medical care practice, particularly in cardiovascular and diabetes medicine, are highlighted. The closing section focuses specifically on implementation of risk assessment within the dental practice, including training of the oral healthcare team and the need to take into account medicolegal considerations. The book is a very timely addition to the literature, given the move towards wellness- rather than repair-based models of healthcare in Europe and North America and the focus of dental contracts on risk-driven care pathways. It will be of high value for not only practitioners but also professionals in healthcare funding bodies.

Download or read book The Reference Manual of Pediatric Dentistry written by American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reference Manual of Pediatric Dentistry is intended to encourage a diverse audience to provide the highest possible level of care to children. This audience includes, but is not limited to: pediatric dentists, general dental practitioners and other dental specialists, physicians and other health care providers, government agencies and health care policy makers, individuals interested in the oral health of children.The Reference Manual of Pediatric Dentistry is divided into five sections: (1) definitions, (2) oral health policies, (3) recommendations, (4) endorsements, and (5) resources.

Download or read book Dental Practice Transition written by David G. Dunning and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice management is one of the key elements in the career of a dentist. Most dentists own their own practices and even associateships carry with them the prospect of management, accounting and dealing with health insurance providers. Dental Practice Transition: A Practical Guide to Management helps readers navigate through options such as starting a practice, associateships, and buying an existing practice with helpful information on business systems, marketing, staffing, and money management. With topics applicable to both recently graduated as well as established professionals, Dental Practice Transition is a comprehensive exposition of practice management from a dentist's perspective.