Case Studies in Dental Hygiene

A class I'm taking required this book. I didn't purchase because I "wanted to"- but I must admit these assignments make me think & evaluate complex but common situations that I may experience with patients in the future as a RDH. The only thing I don't like so far, is that it seems to inject information at the end of each case study in the "setting patient goals". I try to do my own care plan first & compare with the book. Then I look over what the book has & it will state a condition (say, xerostomia) that the patient has, but no where does it say that previously. It seems like information is "made up" by the author. It's pretty frustrating. That aside, the complexity of each case study is great. It makes you work outside of the book- looking up medications, health conditions, interpretation of radiographs & intraoral photos. it gives great objectives to focus on & questions to answer that are really vital to understand & apply correctly. It's a good supplement to my class material.

Images, especially of radiographs, are hard to interpret and could be of better contrast/quality. Great teaching tool for critical thinking and care planning.

Es usado en muy buen estado ! Lo recomiendo !

This book was extremely helpful while studying for the National Dental Hygiene Board Exam. This book includes the story of the patient, their medical history, periodontal and hard tissue chart, intra-oral photos and radiographs. The questions are great and I was happy with the answer portion because it gave an explanation why it was that answer. I really enjoyed the different patient categories as well. I felt very prepared for the case study portion of the exam because of this book.

Great resource! Although I have to admit, these case studies were actually much harder than the ones from the National Board Exam.This book overall, is a good way of familiarizing yourself with case studies for the board exam. I love how the answer key not only gives you the answer to the questions, but it also provides a clear explanation as to why that specific answer was chosen.

It is a great book, gives an idea of how the case studies for the national Board exam is going to look like. With the answers explained at the back of the book, it makes it really a great review book.

The book has all the questions written, they are filled out. It is not useful to study

Came early brand new

Excellent tool for studying for the board exam.