Author:

• Esther M. Wilkins

Description:

Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, 12e helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need for successful, evidence-based practice in today’s rapidly changing oral health care environment. Written by one of the preeminent voices in dental hygiene education, the book progresses through crucial topics in dental hygiene in a straightforward, outline format, making information easy to locate, understand, and reference.

To help readers prepare for effective, culturally sensitive practice, six sections of the 12th Edition conform to the Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Assessment, Diagnosis, Care Planning, Implementation, Education, and, new to this edition, Documentation. Updated and revised throughout, this edition includes new material on motivational interviewing, risk assessment, and alternate practice settings, and is enhanced by new clinically relevant color photos, and real-world examples.

• New Enhance Your Understanding boxes
• Updated section on Documentation
• New coverage of motivational interviewing 
• Updated content on Risk Assessment for Oral Disease 
• New clinically relevant color photos and real world examples
• New information on alternative practice settings 

Features:

• A detailed outline format
• Step-by-step instructions
• Everyday Ethics boxes
• Factors to Teachthe Patientboxes
• In-depth coverage of Documentation
• Chapter-opening Outlines
• Chapter-opening Learning Objectives
• Key Words boxes

ISBN: 978-1-4511-9311-4

Published Date: 2017

Page Count: 1279  , File Size: 179 Mb