Textbook for Dental Nurses

by H. Levison

This new edition has been thoroughly revised to cover recent changes in the examination syllabus, the latest reorganization of the National Health Service, and new legislation enacted in 1983. Current trends in dental practice are embodied, and there is an additional new chapter on health and safety at work.

Contents: Structure of the dental profession; The dental surgery assistant; Outline of anatomy and physiology; The blood; The heart and circulation; Respiration; Digestion; Bacteriology; Pathology; Sterilization; Drugs; Dental anatomy; Nerve supply of the teeth and local anaesthesia; General anaesthesia; Collapse; Extractions and minor oral surgery; Haemorrhage; Caries; Fillings; Temporary fillings and cavity linings; Amalgam; Inlays, crowns and bridges; Composite fillings; Glass ionomer cement; Endodontics; Periodontal disease; Prevention of dental disease; Prosthetics; Orthodontics; Dental radiography; Records; Health and safety at work.