Dental Assisting Books
Books that are
especially useful for Dental
Assisting National Board exam
preparation
are highlighted in
yellow.
These are the two most popular ones:
1. Delmar's Dental Assisting Exam
Review 2. Dental Assisting Test Preparation
For your convenience, all books are in alphabetical order by title.
The Administrative Dental
Assistant 2nd Edition (Book with CD-ROM) by Linda J. Gaylor,
RDA ISBN 1416025669 Publisher: W.B.
Saunders, November 2006 $54.95 416 pages Paperback and CD-ROM
Book Description:
This book teaches all of the
basic business and practice management skills necessary for an
administrative dental assistant or office manager to be
able to manage the business office of a dental practice
efficiently, professionally, and accurately. Gaylor has organized
the book very logically, and successive chapters build on each
other. This second edition includes up-to-date CDT-5 Dental Codes,
new HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) guidelines, plus
current examples of key equipment, forms, and computer technology. The
software on the CD-ROM simulates office management tasks, helping the student
gain a realistic feel for what she or he will encounter in the
dental office.
Complete Review of
Dental Assisting by Emily Andujo, RDH, BS, MS
ISBN: 0130883506 Publisher: Prentice Hall, June 2003 $46.00 $33.43 224 pages Softcover plus CD-ROM
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Book Description:
This book can be used as a study companion for students preparing for the
Dental Assisting National Boards or for on-the-job training, a basic
refresher, or assessing knowledge levels in dental
assisting.
Delmar's Dental Assisting:
A Comprehensive Approach
by Donna Phinney and Judy Helen Halstead
ISBN: 1401834809 Publisher: Delmar Learning, June 2003
$72.70 864 pages Hardcover
Book Description: This exciting full-color comprehensive resource is designed to
prepare dental assisting learners to pass the DANB certification exam,
as well as to manage the challenges of working in the dental office.
All of the learning elements that were so successful in the first
edition have been retained in the new edition. New Web activity boxes,
new and updated content, and additional teaching supplements have been
added to make this dynamic learning system even better. Also brand new
and completely updated are an Interactive Skills and Procedures
CD-ROM, a workbook, (sold separately) and practice software
(included), all designed to reinforce essential competencies needed to
enter the field of dental assisting. This comprehensive and integrated
learning package provides a complete approach to dental assisting
knowledge and skills.
Book Description: The workbook, which corresponds to the text listed immediately
above, contains chapter objectives, summaries, key terms, exercises in
a variety of formats, skill sheets to test competencies, critical
thinking scenarios/case studies, study tips/hints, and
community-related activities.
Description: Video 5: Laboratory Impression, Materials and Techniques covers
taking an alginate impression, pouring an alginate impression,
trimming diagnostic casts/study models, taking a bite registration,
constructing selfcured and vacuum-formed acrylic resin custom trays.
Good for preparing for DANB
Delmar's Dental Assisting
Video 3-Infection Control Techniques
by Delmar
ISBN: 0766810356
Publisher: Delmar Learning, Oct. 1999
$169.95
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Description: Video Three: Infection Control Techniques covers
the assistant's personal protective equipment, handwashing, preparing the dental
treatment room, completing treatment, final treatment room
cleaning and disinfecting, treatment of contaminated tray and
instruments in
sterilization center.
Delmar's Handbook of
Essential Skills and Procedures for Chairside Dental Assisting by Donna J. Phinney, Judy H. Halstead ISBN: 0766834573
Publisher: Delmar Learning, Sept. 2001 $36.76 304 pages Paperback
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Book Description:
This concise and user-friendly handbook provides essential information on
the core clinical skills and procedures dental assistants need to
know. It is organized and presented to be useful either for on-the-job training,
for classroom use, for lab-based teaching programs
or as a refresher course. Outstanding illustrations
will appeal to the visually-oriented learner.
Dental Assistant: 775
Questions And Answers (Book With Disk For Windows)by Emily Andujo
Due to very poor reviews that we have seen, America's Dental Bookstore doesn't recommend this book,
and so we are not listing it. There are several other books that will
give you much better help in preparing for dental assisting
examinations.
Dental Assisting Test
Preparation (Brady/Prentice Hall Test Prep Series) by Carol Giaquinto, Roberta Albano
ISBN: 0835949443 Publisher: Prentice Hall, Jan. 1996
$36.62 179 pages
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Description of Book:
This is a review text that covers a range of topics from chairside assisting to
dental office management. It is designed to help you prepare for your dental
assisting tests.
Dental
Instruments, 2nd Edition - A Pocket Guide
by Linda Bartolomucci Boyd, CDA, RDA, BA
ISBN: 1416023291 Publisher: WB Saunders, Feb. 2005
$34.95 576 pages Softcover
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Description of
Book: Featuring over 300 instruments, this innovative resource is
designed to help students master dental instrument identification, as
well as assist in taking instrument inventory in the dental office.
The flip-book, flashcard-style method helps readers memorize and
quickly identify instruments at a glance, with a photograph or
illustration of the instrument on the top page, and a full description
of the instrument on the bottom page – including its name, function,
and key characteristics. The picture of each instrument makes an ideal
flashcard that readers can use to quiz themselves or others. At the
end of some chapters, a photograph provides an example of a tray
set-up that incorporates many of the instruments used in that chapter.
Dental Materials:
Properties and Manipulation (8th Edition) by Robert Craig, PhD ISBN:
032302520X Publisher: Mosby, Nov. 2003
$52.95 368 pages, 200
Illus, Softcover
Book Description This is a text written for dental
assistants and hygienists that covers the dental materials most commonly used in the
dental office. The text is comprehensive and teaches both how to understand and
use these modern materials, and also helps prepare the assistant or
hygienist to be able to discuss treatment options with patients. It is
well illustrated with numerous
tables and information on brand names. This 8th edition has been completely
revised and updated to include the latest materials.
Dental Office Management
by Ellen Roberta Dietz ISBN 0766807312
Publisher: Delmar Learning, July 1999
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Book Description: This comprehensive text takes readers through
the various tasks associated with the 21st century dental front office.
It is divided into five sections -
the business of dentistry, practice communications, clinical records
management, business and financial records management, and
employment opportunities. Each section is organized to present learning objectives, key
terms, and key concepts. To help master the concepts, the end of
each chapter presents role-plays and problem-solving activities and Skills
Mastery Assessment Post-tests.
Dental Terminology 2nd Edition
by Charline M. Dofka
ISBN: 1418015229 Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning, Dec
2006 $48.95
$46.20 Softcover 384 pages
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Book Description:
Proper use of dental terminology is essential for dental assistants.
This book of common dental terms is easy to learn from because it is
so well-organized and concise. It also contains "sound like" pronunciations for
over 1,300 terms used in dental practice. Terms are grouped by
specialty, and are supported by review questions, and an appendix on
word elements. A 60-minute audiotape provides actual pronunciations to
help learners master the vocabulary. Good for exam preparation.
Elements of Dental Materials: For
Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants by Ralph W. Phillips, B. Keith
Moore, PhD, Katharine A. Phillips ISBN 0721642985
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co., 1994
$44.00 Softcover 328 pages This book is also listed under
dental hygiene and dental materials.
This book is out of print, but used copies are usually available from
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Book Description: This classic reference by Phillips and Moore
has now been revised, expanded,
and updated to reflect changes in
the way dentistry is practiced, as well as the dramatic recent
advances in dental materials. Included in this book is information
about castable ceramics, computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD-CAM)
of ceramic restorations, implant materials, the various types of
implants, inelastic and elastomeric impression materials, direct filling restorative resins,
dental cements - and much more!
Essentials of Dental
Assisting (3rd Edition) by Debbie S. Robinson, Doni L. Bird, Debbie L.
Robinson
ISBN: 0721688632
Publisher: W B Saunders Co., Jan. 2001
$59.95 576 pages Paperback
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Description of Book:
This book is designed and written to meet the needs of shorter
dental assisting programs and on-the-job training. It has now been revised and updated
for this third
edition. It is a practical text that helps students easily grasp the
essential
information for practice. Tables, boxes and step-by-step
procedures highlight key content. New student learning aids include
highlighted key terms, chapter goals, and questions at the end of each
chapter. Also an excellent reference tool for
staff taking continuing education courses and studying for state and
national boards.
Essentials of Dental Caries: the
Disease and Its Management by E A M Kidd & S
Joyston-Bechal ISBN 0192626914 Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Jan. 1997 $80.00
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Book Description: This text describes the causes of dental caries
("dental decay") and its progression through the tooth. It is
clearly written, with color illustrations. Its emphasis
is on prevention as well as early diagnosis so that decay can be
arrested in its early stages. It covers methods of prevention from
both a scientific and practical point of view so that it is relevant
to the dental undergraduate as well as dental assistants, dental health
educators, and hygienists.
Essentials of Dental Radiography for Dental
Assistants and Hygienists
(8th Edition)
by Orlen N. Johnson and
Evelyn Thomson
ISBN: 0131710087 Publisher: Prentice Hall, May 2006 $60.00 $47.95 448 pages Paperback
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Book
Description:
This easy-to-read text addresses the theory of dental radiography, and application, with practical hints for dental hygiene and dental assisting
students, or auxiliaries learning on the job. It's clear writing style and emphasis on radiographic techniques
make it very helpful. Assistants rate it very good for preparing for
the radiology exam for dental assisting
Four-Handed Dentistry: A
Handbook of Clinical Application and Ergonomic Concepts by Betty Ladley Finkbeiner
ISBN: 0130304131 Publisher: Prentice Hall, Jan. 2001 $25.20 56 pages Paperback
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Description of
book:
How-to manual for dental assistants and dentists. Extensively
illustrated in halftone, this text can be used for dental assisting
courses and as a reference for dental practitioners. It emphasizes
efficiency in delivering dental care and shows how a dentist working
with a dental assistant can increase productivity by at least
thirty-three percent.
Handbook of Clinical Dental
Assisting by Gregory M. Shuster DDS, Gregory J. Wetterhus
DDS, Phyllis Dryden CDA ISBN 0721645364 Publisher: WB Saunders, Jan. 1999
$49.95
This book is out of print, but used copies are usually available from
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Book Description This handbook
gives
step-by-step instructions for a full range of dental
assisting tasks. Well-illustrated with clear, concise discussions,
and well-organized. The result is a straightforward, easy-to-follow
source of instruction in performing essential skills.
Imaging in Esthetic Dentistry by
Cary E. Goldstein, Ronald E. Goldstein, David A. Garber
ISBN: 0867152389 Publisher:
Quintessence, Jan. 1998
$78.00 Hardcover 188 pages 205 illus. This book is also
listed with Cosmetic Dentistry texts.
Book Description: Would you like to help your patients visualize the results of the
treatment you propose? Would you like to improve patient understanding
and acceptance of treatment plans? This book will help you either
bring computer imaging into your practice or make better use of
the system you have. Computer imaging will not only enhance you
communication, it will improve your esthetic diagnosis and treatment
planning. Additionally, imaging is an effective tool for communicating with
specialists and dental laboratory technicians. More and more esthetic
dentists are finding computer imaging to be
an indispensable part of their practices. Packed
full of examples and step-by-step techniques and tips, this book
is the practice-enhancement choice for the whole dental team.
Infection Control and
Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team by Chris H. Miller, Charles John Palenik
(Contributor), Chris H. Miller Ph. D.
ISBN: 081515688X Publisher: Mosby-Year Book, July 1998
$38.95 362 pages Hardcover
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Description of Book:
This comprehensive text teaches basic concepts, specific step-by-step
procedures and the current regulatory mandates in three areas of
emphasis: infection
control procedures, the management of hazardous materials, and
regulatory requirements. It also updates office safety procedures for dentists, dental hygienists, and
assistants.
Mosby's Comprehensive Review of
Dental Assisting by B L Finkbeiner & C S
Johnson ISBN 0815133030 Publisher: Mosby-Year Book,
Feb. 1997
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(see accompanying Study Guide for Mosby's Comprehensive Review of
Dental Assisting below)
Book Description: This book is
designed as a review tool and study guide to
help dental assisting students prepare for the Dental Assisting
National Board Exams. Content is organized in an outline format to provide essential
information at a glance. An introductory chapter provides
information on the DANBE, how to use the book, how to study for
board exams and test-taking tips. A mock examination simulating the
DANBE with 460 questions appears at the end of the book. All the
answers to the mock exam are provided so that students can evaluate
their knowledge and identify areas where further
review is needed.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary (2nd Ed)
by Penny Rudolph (Editor), Thomas
Zwemer, Mary Emmons ISBN
032304963X Publisher
CV Mosby, Oct. 2007 $47.95 816 pages, more than 300 full color illus,
Softcover
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Description: This contemporary, comprehensive dictionary of over 800 pages includes
definitions for more than 10,000 terms related
to all areas of dentistry; basic, clinical, and behavioral sciences; office
management, and commonly used medical terms. The accompanying
CD-ROM provides a searchable database and audio pronunciations.
Practice Management for the
Dental Team (4th Edition) by Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, Charles Allan
Finkbeiner ISBN 0323008860 Publisher:
Mosby, Inc., April 2001
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Book Description:
The best-selling
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FOR THE DENTAL TEAM is a
complete procedures manual designed to provide step-by-step
instructions on how to perform most dental business office procedures.
It is written as both a teaching manual for dental assisting programs
and for on-the-job training. Each chapter includes tools that allow the student to
participate in the learning experience. Because of the authors'
varied experiences: one in dental assisting and dental assisting
education, and the other in office systems and business management
education, this book is not only a thorough training manual for dental
office staff, but an excellent reference for dental students and new
practicing dentists.
Primary Preventative Dentistry (6th Edition) by
Dr.
Norman O. Harris and Dr. Franklin Garcia-Godoy
ISBN: 0130918911 Publisher: Prentice Hall, Aug. 2003
$78.60 720 pages Hardcover
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Book Description:
Written for dental hygiene, dental assisting, and general dentistry
courses.
Radiographic Imaging for Dental
Auxiliaries by D A Miles, M L van Dis, C W Jensen & A
B Ferretti ISBN 072168016x Publisher W B
Saunders, 1999 $59.95 334
pages Softcover
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Book Description This latest edition of
this popular text systematically presents the theory and practice of
contemporary dental radiography including new digital techniques. It
is organized to parallel the structure of most courses, introducing
technique, procedures, film processing, film characteristics, and
the basics of radiation physics. It also includes a discussion of the
interpretation of radiographic images.
Radiology for Dental Auxiliaries by Herbert H. Frommer
ISBN: 0323005209 Publisher: CV Mosby, 2001
$56.95 480 pages Hardcover
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Book Description: This Radiology for Dental Auxiliaries presents the basic
principles of clinical radiology for students in dental hygiene and
dental assisting programs. This well-established, comprehensive
textbook also provides a good review for the interpretation of
radiographs and trouble-shooting errors for practicing hygienists and
assistants. Topics include: basic x-ray generation, image formation,
film mounting, biologic effects of radiation, lesions, infection
control, film processing and interpretation, intraoral and extraoral
techniques, panoramic radiography, patient management, and legal
considerations.
Safety Standards and Infection Control
for Dental Assistants by Ellen Roberta Dietz, R. R.
Runnells
ISBN: 0766826597 Publisher: Delmar Learning
$49.95 352 pages Paperback
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Book Description: Sweeping changes in infection control standards and procedures have had a significant impact on dentistry in the past
decade. Because dental assistants are more likely to assume
responsibility for this area of dental practice, it is necessary that
students enrolled in dental assisting programs receive stringent
training and education in infection control and environmental health.
Infection Control for Dental Assistants prepares students to meet the requirements of
the national Infection Control Examination (ICE) as set forth by the
Dental Assisting National Board (DANB).
Textbook for Dental Nurses
by H Levison ISBN 0632040319
Publisher: Blackwell, 1997
$29.99 437 pages Softcover
Description of Book: This textbook for dental nurses (dental assistants) covers the syllabus for the
British Dental Nurses Association. This edition has been updated to
incorporate all those changes which have occurred since the last
edition in 1991. These include an increased use of technology, a
greater awareness of cross-infection, new materials and techniques
and new legislation. There is an increase in the number of detailed
illustrations, more sample examination questions and more advice on
how to approach the practical tests.
Torres and
Ehrlich Modern Dental
Assisting (8th Edition) by D Bird, D S Robinson ISBN
0721639070 Publisher: W B Saunders,
June 2005
$72.95 912 pages Hardcover
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Book Description
This is the new 8th edition, just released in 2005. It offers all of
the classic features from earlier additions, that have been a mainstay
of dental assisting education for years, along with new, updated, and
expanded coverage and over 335 full-color photographs throughout. This
New Edition encompasses all of the clinical and administrative
procedures and skills that must be mastered to achieve competence in
dental assisting, besides helping readers prepare for DANB
certification.
Torres and
Ehrlich Modern Dental Assisting (8th Edition) -
CD-ROM ISBN: 0721639216 Publisher: WB Saunders Co,
June 2005
$34.95
This dynamic CD-ROM package features a
wealth of interactive exercises designed to bring the principles and
practice of dental assisting to life. You get two unique programs, The
Interactive Dental Office CD-ROM and The Dental Assisting Video
Procedures CD-ROM. These programs work together for a comprehensive
view of the key procedures every dental assistant should know.
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complete training program: Textbook, workbook, two CD-ROMs,
and the Flip-book flashcard-style dental instruments guide for
learning over 300 instruments. A complete dental assisting training
program for only $161.95! Save nearly $15 over the same items
purchased separately.
Torres and
Ehrlich Modern Dental
Assisting (8th Edition) - Workbook ISBN: 0721639089 Publisher: W B Saunders Co,
June 2005
$26.95 560 pages Softcover
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Description of book:
The workbook covers information included in the main text listed above. There are
multiple choice questions, short answer, terminology questions,
competency sheets, and flash cards in the back with questions that
students often have difficulty comprehending and remembering.
Using Dental Materials
by Eleanor Vanable CDA, RDH, EdD; and Laurence A. Lopresti, DMD
ISBN: 0838515762 Publisher: Prentice Hall, Aug. 2003
$54.40 352 pages Paperback
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Book Description:
Dental assistants work with dental materials constantly and need to be thoroughly
familiar with them. Organized and described through the perspective of
actual treatment, this
text provides the beginning student with a foundation for understanding the
choice of various materials, their care and manipulation. It offers a conceptual approach, rather
than a great amount of detail, and assumes no prior understanding of, or
familiarity with, technical terms.
The books available on this site are suitable for school - college textbooks
that can be purchased here rather than at your school bookstore. Buy all of your
textbooks at America's Dental Bookstore. Dental assistants can buy these books
and textbooks about dental assisting to further their knowledge of whatever area
of dentistry interests them.
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