**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries**
Stay up to date with the uses, properties, and handling of dental materials! With just the right level and scope of content,
Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists, 5
th
Edition
, emphasizes how knowledge of dental materials fits into day-to-day clinical practice. This hands-on resource features clinically focused content supplemented liberally with high-quality photographs, case applications, clinical tips and warnings, and step-by-step procedures, as well as videos and practice opportunities on a companion website. A focus on application and a strong art program with additional modern illustrations make this often-difficult subject matter approachable and relevant for today’s dental team members.
NEW! User-friendly features,
including
Key Points
boxes throughout the chapters, more bulleted lists, and shorter paragraphs help you process complex topics more easily
NEW!
Do You Recall
boxes
pose questions covering important concepts immediately after they’re presented to support knowledge development
NEW! Step-by-step procedure videos
on the Evolve companion website reinforce techniques presented in the text
NEW and UPDATED! Coverage of implant maintenance
offers the latest information and guidelines
Robust art program
features nearly 600 images of full-color conceptual renderings and clinical photographs
Clinical and laboratory procedures
include step-by-step instructions and supporting artwork
Clinical Tip
and
Caution
highlight important information
End-of-chapter review questions
and case-based discussion topics and practice quizzes on the Evolve companion website provide practice opportunities for classroom and board exam preparation
Key terms
are called out in each chapter and defined in a glossary
Patient home care instructions
in many chapters provide helpful tools for patient education