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Practice Management for the Dental Team

 

Editorial Reviews

From Book News, Inc.
An instruction manual for dental students, dental assistants, and dental hygienists, featuring chapter objectives, key terms, activities, and 45 pages of working forms. Coverage includes business management, communication management, and business office systems, with chapters on written communication, inventory systems, insurance, and infection control. This fourth edition includes material on computer software, working with disabled patients, legal aspects, and current team management concepts. Wire spiral binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Book Info
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI. Textbook now includes an interactive CD-ROM with practice drills, new illustrations, and data on new business equipment and electronic communication. Includes working forms to help in writing sample checks, deposit slips, and filling out W2 tax statements. Previous edition: c1996. Wire-spiral binding.


About the Author
Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, CDA, RDA, BS, MS, Chairperson, Dental Assisting Program, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI; Charles Allan Finkbeiner, BS, MS, Instructor, Business Division, Computer Information Systems Department,Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

FROM THE BOOK
 

Table of Contents
PART I BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Chapter 1 The Business of Dentistry

Chapter 2 Dental Team Management

Chapter 3 Patient Management

Chapter 4 Legal and Ethical Issues in the Dental Business Office

Chapter 5 New Technology in the Business Office

Chapter 6 Office Design and Equipment Placement

PART II COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

Chapter 7 Working with Dental Office Documents

Chapter 8 Business Record Storage

Chapter 9 Written Communications

Chapter 10 Telecommunications

PART III BUSINESS OFFICE SYSTEMS

Chapter 11 Appointment Management Systems

Chapter 12 Inventory Systems and Supply Ordering

Chapter 13 Recall Systems

Chapter 14 Dental Insurance

Chapter 15 Bookkeeping Systems/Accounts Receivable

Chapter 16 Other Financial Systems

Chapter 17 Infection Control Systems

THE DENTAL ASSISTANT IN THE WORKPLACE

Chapter 18 Marketing Your Skills

APPENDICES

A Letter styles

B Grammar

C Numbers

D Prefixes and suffixes

E Abbreviations

F Dental terminology

WORKING FORMS

Letter to be corrected and word-processed

Clinical chart

Health questionnaire

Laboratory requisition

Stationery

Small envelope

Large envelope

List of statements to be corrected

Postal card

Message form

Rolodex form

Appointment book sheets

Treatment plan

Inventory cards

Recall cards

Insurance claim form

Pegboard day sheet

Checks

Deposit slips

W2-wage and tax statement

Incident report of exposure

Job application form
 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 

Affiliation
Finkbeiner, Betty Ladley, CDA, RDA, BS, MS; Finkbeiner, Charles Allan, BS, MS

Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, CDA, RDA, BS, MS, Chairperson, Dental Assisting Program, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI; and Charles Allan Finkbeiner, BS, MS, Instructor, Business Division, Computer Information Systems Department, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI