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| dental business assistant job description: Dental Office Administration Geraldine S Irlbacher, Guy S. Girtel, 2020-03-18 Dental Office Administration is a comprehensive resource that details the responsibilities of the dental office professional, providing practical communication techniques and tips for problem solving. It also provides the necessary clinical background information every dental office professional needs for a successful practice. Hands-on activities within the text require students to practice common tasks, such as dental charting, writing a memo, or conducting a mock telephone call with another student. A free bonus DVD-ROM for Windows includes practice management software called 'DENTRIXG4 practice management' to give students 'real world' experience managing patient data and filing electronic claims. A companion Website includes the full text and a quiz bank. |
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| dental business assistant job description: Modern Dental Assisting - E-Book Doni L. Bird, Debbie S. Robinson, 2013-11-07 Prepare for a successful career as a dental assistant! Modern Dental Assisting is the leading text in dental assisting -- the most trusted, the most comprehensive, and the most current. Using an easy-to-understand approach, this resource offers a complete foundation in the basic and advanced clinical skills you must master to achieve clinical competency. It describes dental assisting procedures with photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions. Written by Doni Bird and Debbie Robinson, two well-known and well-respected dental assisting educators. Comprehensive coverage takes students through a dental assisting program from start to finish. A highly approachable writing style presents the latest information and procedures in a way that ensures students can easily grasp and learn to apply the material. Concise chapters presented within short parts move from profession basics and sciences to infection control, safety, clinical dentistry, radiography, materials, specialty dental practice, and dental office administration. Superb, full-color illustrations and photographs show procedures, equipment, and instruments. Illustrated, step-by-step procedures show the skills that dental assistants must master, detailing for each the goal, equipment and supplies needed, chronological steps, and rationales. Expanded Functions procedures boxes describe special dental assisting procedures allowed only in certain states. Procedure icons alert students to issues relating to core procedures, e.g., that they should make notes in the patient's record, don personal protective equipment, or watch for moisture contamination. Key terms are accompanied by phonetic pronunciations, highlighted within the text, and defined in boxes on the same or facing page. Critical thinking questions end each chapter with mini-case scenarios and application-style questions. Learning and performance outcomes in each chapter set goals for what students will accomplish and also serve as checkpoints for comprehension, skills mastery, and study tools for exam preparation. Summary tables and boxes make it easy to review key concepts and procedures. Recall boxes appear after sections of text and include questions to ensure that students understand the material. CDC boxes cite the latest recommendations for infection control and summarize regulations. Eye to the Future boxes introduce cutting-edge research, future trends, and topics. Legal and Ethical Implications boxes focus on the behaviors that dental assistants will need to practice to protect themselves, their patients, and the practices for which they work. Patient Education boxes summarize content within the context of patient education take-away points. A glossary provides a quick and handy way to look up terminology, with chapter references indicating where terms are introduced and discussed within chapters. |
| dental business assistant job description: Practice Management for Dental Hygienists Esther K. Andrews, 2007 This textbook prepares dental hygiene students and dental hygienists to handle the business and operational aspects of the dental office. The book teaches students how a dental office functions from an operational standpoint and how dental hygienists, as licensed professionals, fit into that operation. Major sections cover basics of dentistry and dental law, office management, applied communications, and employability skills. To accommodate a two-credit course, the text is concise and focuses on exercise-based learning. Each chapter includes workbook exercises, study questions, critical thinking activities, case studies, and RDH board practice questions, as well as selected references, Websites, and student activities. |
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| dental business assistant job description: Managing the Dental Team: Guidelines for Practice Success American Dental Association, 2016-12-05 Provides dental practices with sample job descriptions, guidelines for handling hiring and terminations, performance evaluations, and salary reviews. |
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| dental business assistant job description: Dental Practice Transition David G. Dunning, Brian M. Lange, 2013-05-13 Practice management is one of the key elements in the career of a dentist. Most dentists own their own practices and even associateships carry with them the prospect of management, accounting and dealing with health insurance providers. Dental Practice Transition: A Practical Guide to Management helps readers navigate through options such as starting a practice, associateships, and buying an existing practice with helpful information on business systems, marketing, staffing, and money management. With topics applicable to both recently graduated as well as established professionals, Dental Practice Transition is a comprehensive exposition of practice management from a dentist's perspective. |
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| dental business assistant job description: Student Workbook for Practice Management for the Dental Team E-Book Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, Charles Allan Finkbeiner, 2019-09-28 - NEW! Content includes the latest information on alternative workforce models, dental insurance and reimbursement, production, and inventory planning. - NEW! Expanded original Eaglesoft exercises provides you with even more practice. (Access to software provided with purchase of textbook.) |
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| dental business assistant job description: Essentials of Dental Assisting - E-Book Debbie S. Robinson, Doni L. Bird, 2016-08-03 - NEW! Updated chapter discussions provide additional information on dynamic areas such as the electronic health record, impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), preventive techniques, and the new hazard communication standard. - NEW! Revised photos and illustrations feature more modern illustrations and newer products and equipment. - NEW! 10 new and 20 revised video clips feature significant changes in the dental imaging and dental materials sections of the comprehensive video collection – now with 70 video clips in total. |
| dental business assistant job description: Modern Dental Assisting - E-Book Debbie S. Robinson, 2023-04-12 **Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries** Easily master all aspects of dental assisting with the most up-to-date and trusted text available. For more than 45 years, students and practitioners alike have relied on Modern Dental Assisting for its cutting-edge content, easy-to-grasp writing style, step-by-step procedures, and top-notch visuals. And the new 14th edition is no exception. With updated content — including the latest technological advancements, clinical photographs, and coverage of cultural diversity and how it relates to patient care — this new edition will guide you from your first day of class all the way to your first job in dental assisting. - Comprehensive, cutting-edge content presented in an approachable writing style aids comprehension. - Step-by-step procedures for general and expanded functions include helpful color-coding and photos. - Chapter features include recall questions throughout; boxes on infection control and CDC practices; and end-of-chapter elements regarding patient education, law and ethics, future trends, and critical thinking. - Key terminology list offers definitions, visual highlights within chapter discussions, and an alphabetized list in the glossary with cross-references to chapter locations. - Learning and performance outcomes address didactic knowledge and clinical skills mastery. - NEW! Expanded coverage of digital technology topics in general dentistry and dental specialties prepares you to work in modern dental settings. - NEW! Additional illustrations enhance an already stellar art program, with more than 1,700 images. - NEW! Consistent chapter organization with modernized learning outcomes help you understand important topics more easily. - UPDATED! Dentrix Learning Edition based on Dentrix G7.3, available for download on the companion Evolve website, gives you experience working with practice management software. - UPDATED! Revised Dentrix exercises on the Evolve companion website correlate with the updated Dentrix Learning Edition software. |
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| dental business assistant job description: Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) National Learning Corporation, 2020-03-15 |
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| dental business assistant job description: Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting Doni L. Bird, Doni L Bird, Cda RDA Rdh Ma, Debbie S. Robinson, 2014-03-26 New to this edition: New content addresses the electronic patient record, impact of the new health care law, preventive techniques, and the new hazard communication standard; New Dentrix Learning Edition DVD and unique exercises provide you with realistic practice management experience; Plus chapter-by-chapter correlation with the textbook; practice questions (short-answer, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank); labeling exercises; Case studies with accompanying questions; Hands-on activities; Video review; Competency skill checklists; Removable flashcards--Page [4] of cover. |
| dental business assistant job description: Standard Operating Procedures for All Dentists Marsha Freeman, 2004-10 In the book and accompanying CD, Marsha Freeman offers 314 standard operating procedures for the dental office, including front and back offices, bookkeeping, hygiene, job descriptions and performance agreements, management, marketing, and related forms. Book SOPs are replicated on the CD for easy modification, printing, and binder insertion. |
| dental business assistant job description: Job Descriptions and Organizational Analysis for Hospitals and Related Health Services U.S. Training and Employment Service, 1970 |
| dental business assistant job description: Job Descriptions and Organizational Analysis for Hospitals and Related Health Services, Prepared in Cooperatin with the American Hospital Association; Revised Edition 1971 United States. Training and Employment, 1971 |
| dental business assistant job description: Dental Assistant Emily Andujo, 1996 Rev. ed. of: Appleton & Lange's review for the dental assistant. 3rd ed. / Emily Andujo. c1992. |
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| dental business assistant job description: 20 Years, the Best of Sally McKenzie Sally A. McKenzie, 1997 |
| dental business assistant job description: Dental Practice Management Encyclopedia Carl Michael Caplan, 1985 Alphabetical listing of topics pertinent to dental management. Intended for students and practitioners. Entries vary in length. Entries also contain references. Index. |
| dental business assistant job description: Dental Assistant Review Stuart M. Hirsch, Michael Ostrofsky, 1983 |
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| dental business assistant job description: Creating and Updating an Employee Policy Manual: Policies for Your Practice American Dental Association, 2016-06-01 This resource helps dental practices develop an office policy manual. Includes sample policies, forms, and worksheets to help craft the perfect policy for your dental employee handbook. With 99 sample dental office policies; sample dental job descriptions; templates for forms, worksheets and checklists; and explanations of at-will employment. Also offers information on dental staff training (including OSHA and HIPAA). |
| dental business assistant job description: Torres and Ehrlich Modern Dental Assisting Doni Bird, Audrey Behrens, Ann Beard Ehrlich, 2002 |
| dental business assistant job description: The Dental Assistant Richard Edgeworth Richardson, Roger E. Barton, 1978 |
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| dental business assistant job description: Job Descriptions and Organizational Analysis for Hospitals and Related Health Services U.S. Training and Employment Service, 1971 |
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