Download or read book The U S Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to oral health services is a problem for all segments of the U.S. population, and especially problematic for vulnerable populations, such as rural and underserved populations. The many challenges to improving access to oral health services include the lack of coordination and integration among the oral health, public health, and medical health care systems; misaligned payment and education systems that focus on the treatment of dental disease rather than prevention; the lack of a robust evidence base for many dental procedures and workforce models; and regulatory barriers that prevent the exploration of alternative models of care. This volume, the summary of a three-day workshop, evaluates the sufficiency of the U.S. oral health workforce to consider three key questions: What is the current status of access to oral health services for the U.S. population? What workforce strategies hold promise to improve access to oral health services? How can policy makers, state and federal governments, and oral health care providers and practitioners improve the regulations and structure of the oral health care system to improve access to oral health services?

Download or read book Dental Education at the Crossroads written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-01-12 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Download or read book Procedures Manual to Accompany Dental Hygiene E Book written by Michele Leonardi Darby and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforce your classroom knowledge and learn to perform clinical procedures with ease and accuracy. The Procedures Manual to Accompany Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice contains step-by-step descriptions with information about the materials and equipment necessary to carry out the procedures. Rationales are included to ensure that you comprehend the science behind each step of the procedure. The manual also includes client education handouts and helpful tables and lists covering assessment, evaluation, and general client care. You'll want to keep this book by your side as a quick reference in clinics and as a refresher once you start your practice. - Procedures include simple, clear illustrations and rationales for each step. - Client education handouts and physical assessment and communication tips provide targeted resources for your role in the prevention of oral diseases. - The easy-to-use format makes it a handy and highly portable reference.

Download or read book Treating the Dental Patient with a Developmental Disorder written by Karen A. Raposa and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating the Dental Patient with a Developmental Disorder provides a basic understanding of patients with developmental and intellectual disorders and offers help in communicating with and treating with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, Down Syndrome, attention deficit, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, learning disabilities, and others. Presents descriptions of most common forms of developmental and intellectual disorders Provides practical methods of caring for patients with these disabilities, including how to guide and model behavior Offers practice management tips to accommodate patients with special needs, particularly those with autism Includes instructions to give caregivers for home oral therapy

Download or read book Dental Life written by Papeterie Bleu and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GIFT IDEAS - COLORING BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS - HUMOR What happens at the dentist stays at the dentist...it's called HIPAA. ---The Snarky Mandala Dentists, Hygienists & Dental Assistants, you truly are dentistry ninjas in disguise. In the most trying times and stressful circumstances, you are compassionate, kind, wise, and patient beyond measure. But let's be real. All that self-sacrifice must give you daydreams of grabbing a nitrous canister and boarding the first flight to Mexico for vacation. Well, put back the nitrous and pick up this Coloring Book for Grown-Ups instead! With each page you color, feel the exhaustion and stress melt away like so many ocean waves and margaritas. Happy Coloring! Product Details: Printed single-sided on bright white paper Premium matte-finish cover design Stress relieving seamless patterns on reverse pages Perfect for all coloring mediums Black background reverse pages to reduce bleed-through High quality 60lb (90gsm) paper stock Large format 8.5" x 11.0" (22cm x 28cm) pages

Download or read book Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy written by Suzanne Noble and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in clinical practice, legislation and regulation, this groundbreaking textbook intertwines the subjects of dental hygiene and dental therapy to provide a comprehensive resource for students of these courses, as well as those studying new degree programmes in oral health science. The Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy is designed as a dedicated companion text for these disciplines and should enable students to streamline their primary reading. Following course developments and an expansion in the remits of both hygienists and therapists, this book is written not only for students, but also as a revision aid for those already in practice. Interactive questions on a companion website allow the reader to test their knowledge and understanding. The opening section of the book is dedicated to relevant oral sciences: anatomy; histology; embryology; oral medicine and pathology. The clinical section contains fourteen chapters which provide coverage of the core syllabus for dental hygiene and therapy. The final section is dedicated to primary dental care services and law, ethics and professionalism. FEATURES • Provides unique combined coverage of the subjects of dental hygiene and dental therapy • Emphasises the clinical domain and reflects role expansion • Highly illustrated in full colour throughout • Includes expert contributions from dental hygienists, therapists, and dentists • Dedicated companion website at www.wiley.com/go/noble/dentalhygiene

Download or read book Dental Hygiene Process written by Laura Mueller-Joseph and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1995 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive look at the dental hygiene process and encourages the use of critical thinking. Quality, individualized client care developed through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation are emphasized.

Download or read book Psychology and Dentistry written by William Ayer, Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to build successful working relationships with your patients Psychology and Dentistry: Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care is a practical guide to an often-neglected aspect of dentistry-the contributions of the behavioral sciences to dental research and practice. Dr. William A. Ayer, Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, presents a comprehensive textbook that’s an essential study aid for students preparing for their National Dental Board Examinations and a valuable classroom resource for dental school faculty. This unique book identifies the everyday concerns of dentists, dental students, and dental hygienists, offering proven strategies for patient management and for buildingand maintaininga successful dentist-patient relationship. Psychology and Dentistry examines the contributions of the behavioral sciences to the practice of dentistry, drawing subject matter from a wide range of disciplines that include psychology, sociology, education, anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services, and public health. The book is a practical guide to developing the necessary skills to conduct effective patient interviews, for teaching patients to manage their dental fears and anxieties, and for dealing with patients who need counseling from mental health professionals. It also addresses special issues that have become relevant to dentists and their staffs in recent years, including child abuse and neglect, spousal violence, elder abuse, aging and changes associated with age, death and dying, and bereavement. Psychology and Dentistry examines: behavior therapies behavioral interventions management techniques for patients with acute and/or chronic pain how to train patients to manage their oral habits how to get patients to comply with health care recommendations pain perception and pain expression the therapeutic use of hypnosis how to make psychological referrals for patients the effect of stress on dentists and dental students and much more! Psychology and Dentistry: Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care is an essential resource for anyone working in the dental field. The book’s practical approach and unique insights are invaluable for helping you develop healthy relationships with your patients.

Download or read book Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry written by Hardy Limeback and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry provides one user-friendly resource that brings together information on the scientific basis and clinical practice of all aspects of preventive dentistry. This thorough and all-encompassing resource offers techniques and strategies for maintaining excellent oral health in patients through a regimen of preventive measures. Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry is grounded in a patient-centered, pre-emptive, and minimally invasive philosophy. The book begins by covering individual diseases, such as caries, periodontitis, and oral cancer, as well as therapies (sealants, fluoride) and other relevant conditions (toothwear, hypersensitivity). Additionally, concepts such as the role of diet and nutrition in oral health are discussed. Also covered are oral care products and new techological developments in caries diagnosis and risk assessment, periodontal disease and oral cancer, as well as new developments in home care products. A valuable and comprehensive companion that will appeal to dentists and dental hygienists, this helpful new book provides its readers with one authoritative resource that offers a reliable and helpful companion to practicing preventive dentistry.

Download or read book Hygiene Superstar written by Mike Czubiak and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Sperry and Dr. Mike Czubiak wrote this book because they love dentistry, they love health, and they realize that the future of a healthy America rests in the hands of dental hygienists. Together they bring both a clinical and a personal perspective to a subject that is literally near and dear to their hearts- the connection between oral health and systemic health.Coach Steve has been helping dental practices thrive and become wonderful places to work for many years. He has been in thousands of dental offices and he knows people. Dr. Mike is a practicing general dentist who has grown a robust and healthy preventive hygiene practice. He is dedicated to creating an environment that allows hygienists to grow both professionally and personally. He knows hygiene. Coach Steve and Dr. Mike take turns bringing their experience to the pages of this book in hopes that it will illuminate the importance of the dental hygienist in our practices, in our industry, and in the nation's healthcare system.

Download or read book Mouth Hygiene a Text book for Dental Hygienists written by Alfred Civilion Fones and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teeth written by Mary Otto and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR Best Book of 2017 "[Teeth is] . . . more than an exploration of a two-tiered system—it is a call for sweeping, radical change." —New York Times Book Review "Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health. Otto's subjects include the pioneering dentist who made Shirley Temple and Judy Garland's teeth sparkle on the silver screen and helped create the all-American image of "pearly whites"; Deamonte Driver, the young Maryland boy whose tragic death from an abscessed tooth sparked congressional hearings; and a marketing guru who offers advice to dentists on how to push new and expensive treatments and how to keep Medicaid patients at bay. In one of its most disturbing findings, Teeth reveals that toothaches are not an occasional inconvenience, but rather a chronic reality for millions of people, including disproportionate numbers of the elderly and people of color. Many people, Otto reveals, resort to prayer to counteract the uniquely devastating effects of dental pain. Otto also goes back in time to understand the roots of our predicament in the history of dentistry, showing how it became separated from mainstream medicine, despite a century of growing evidence that oral health and general bodily health are closely related. Muckraking and paradigm-shifting, Teeth exposes for the first time the extent and meaning of our oral health crisis. It joins the small shelf of books that change the way we view society and ourselves—and will spark an urgent conversation about why our teeth matter.

Download or read book Certified Dental Assistant CDA written by National Learning Corporation and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Night Before the Dentist written by Natasha Wing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your toothbrush and get ready for a trip to the dentist in the latest big moment to be celebrated in Natasha Wing's best-selling series! It's the night before a young boy's check-up with the dentist. He's lost four teeth, and two big ones have come in already! So what does he do? He brushes and brushes his teeth to make sure his smile is super bright, of course! Join him on his journey to explore the ins and outs of the dentist's office in this delightful story, told in the style of Clement C. Moore's classic tale.

Download or read book The Prevention of Oral Disease written by John J. Murray and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003-06-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensively covering all the pertinent aspects of preventive dental care taking an evidence-based approach, this book covers all the relevant dental diseases and conditions with essential points listed as bullets, as well as line diagrams and colour illustrations. Each chapter has been written by experts.

Download or read book Just Going to the Dentist Little Critter written by Mercer Mayer and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter is having a checkup at the dentist in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book. Whether he’s having an X-ray taken, getting a teeth cleaning, or finding a cavity, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to help allay any fears of going to the dentist!

Download or read book Dentists and What They Do written by Liesbet Slegers and published by Av2 Fiction Readalong 2018. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This picture book explains what a dentist does and their role in good dental hygiene.