Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice - Tapa dura

This excellent resource provides a substantial theoretical and clinical foundation for making assessments and dental hygiene diagnoses; planning dental hygiene care and interventions; and evaluating the effects of care on clients' oral health. Covers the prevention of disease transmission, root morphology, dental hygiene care for individuals with special needs and more. Provides guidance with regard to computer applications, leadership and management, legal and ethical decision making, and research, preparing readers for new technology and new levels of accountability.

This text covers the prevention of disease transmission, with step-by-step procedures for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. It also deals with root morphology, and dental hygiene care for individuals with special needs. The book includes a behavioural science foundation, including knowledge about how cultural variations can influence dental care and a classification system for professional mechanical dental hygiene procedures. It stresses care as a process, rather than as a list of duties, so hygienists can feel ownership of the care of their patients, rather than trying to remember and implement a vast body of abstract steps. In addition, the book provides guidance with regard to computer applications, leadership and management, legal and ethical decision making, and research.