LATEST STUDY HELP FOR STUDENT DENTAL HYGIENISTS

Updated Review Book
for NBDHE

Saunders Review of Dental Hygiene, 2nd edition, Margaret J. Fehrenbach and Jane Weiner, Saunders/ Elsevier

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(see inside at site- includes intro chapter!)

1. •Contains a NEW interactive CD-ROM with full-length simulated exam, along with puzzles and informative illustrated programs. 
   

2. •It includes an updated “testlet” case study format so as to really zing along during studying.
   

3. •It is written in user-friendly summary mode to cut out any extras not needed at this time. 
   

4. •It is fully modeled after the specific National Board exam guidelines by those in the know.  
   

5. •It comes from two respected dental hygiene educators knowledgeable about the NBDHE and not some group of paid dentists.
   

6. •It is not a slapped together study guide that says it has “secrets” that are shared by hundreds of other test study guides nor a simple game without correlation and insight in the "answers".
   

7. •Also acts as a review for the practicing clinician who wants to know the latest and greatest about the profession.
   

8. •Answers to end of chapters' questions have been screened by groups of studying students as well as great reviewers and only a handful of errors have been noted - great for such a large text- see Facebook page and its album for major corrections!
   

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Book Review by RDH Magazine

Great study book! January 5, 2013 It covered what I needed to know and so much more! I purchased this book about a month into my final semester, which was about 3 months before I took the exam. By doing a section every weekend, I was able to better prepare myself and condense the loads of stuff I had learned to a more do-able amount. I believe that this book helped me a lot in passing my National Boards the first time!

dental boards This book is really helpful. I love the CD it comes with. It’s got a lot of good information on it. It came highly recommended from my instructor.

There is no better book! This is such a great book! It is easy to read like Kaplan. Comprehensive like Mosby. And includes the best companion disc! I wish this was the first book I had purchased to study from. It is amazing. It even includes case studies throughout each chapter. Don't waste your money on anything else!

Due to positive feedback last year from students who used your text after they

took the National Board. they felt that we needed to require your text for this

year. All seniors now have your text. We administered the exam on the CD as

their "practice" exam a month ago and truly felt it was much like the real exam

(we viewed the exam a few years ago).

Saunders review of dental hygiene does a very good job of covering an entire dental hygiene syllabus in a single volume...It's absolutely packed with diagrams and tests in every chapter, so you can monitor your progress throughout. (Vital 6, 6 (2009) doi:10.1038/vital969)

Preview information from textbook in "A Moment in Dental Science", RDH Magazine

(may need to scroll around)

Protein in the Diet: Who Knew?
Bad Boy Bug with New Name: And Just as Bad
The Hidden Threat: The Thyroid Gland
Ready or Not: Dental Office Emergency Kit
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Oral Cancer: Just When You Thought You Knew It All
X-ray Vision for Dental Hygienists

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Dictionaries in the Health Sciences 

MediLexicon - Pharmaceutical and Medical Abbreviations | Merriam Webster - Medical Dictionary | Stedman's - Medical Dictionary | Taber's - Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary  | Dorland's Illustrated Medical
Dictionary

Mosby’s Dental Dictionary Access Online
(including Fehrenbach MJ, editor; Check out Diagnosis, Dental Hygiene citation!)

Board Review With
Coloring Book of Dental Anatomy 2nd Ed Elsevier

Coloring is being used in formal therapeutic settings such as eye-hand coordination development and to help heal victims of trauma.  Studies also show that coloring can reduce stress. Regardless of your needs, there is so much to be gained by spending some time coloring. Choosing your colors and the gentle, repetitive motion of your hand as you bring color to paper helps quiet your mind - bringing your usual rapid-fire thoughts down to a much slower pace. So take a break from your studies and find your creative center! The diagrams have numbered leader lines with the labels given in a table below each diagram so that students can mask these out for purposes of self-testing. Students report that they find this can be an effective supplementary method for learning anatomy.

Featuring an array of coloring and labeling activities, the DACB provides an easy, fun, and effective way to memorize the structures of the head and neck region as well as the basic body systems affecting dentistry. Each chapter includes several images that you are asked to color and connect with corresponding labels. This edition adds more illustrations and NEW review questions with references to specific chapters in core textbooks where more in-depth explanations can be found. Developed by Margaret Fehrenbach, a nationally renowned authority in dental professional education, this coloring book makes it easier to identify anatomical landmarks and understand the complex interrelationships involved in dental anatomy and physiology. Access to online student resources on the Evolve companion website for Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, 4th Edition, including use of the Body Spectrum electronic anatomy coloring book.

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Reviews First Edition

Excellent resource! This book is the perfect addition to any Dental Anatomy course textbook. Great pictures, easy to understand.

Perfect addition to my dental hygiene books!!!, I am in my first semester of dental hygiene school and am so excited to have found this book!!! The curriculum is extremely demanding and there is so much information to learn in the beginning. This book has helped me in my detailed head/neck anatomy course and is a great refresher on other body systems. A definite must for the board exam!!!

I LOVE the dental anatomy coloring book you designed!! I wish I had something like this when I was in DH school. The pictures and the quality of the pages is fantastic.  It is a great and relaxing way for students to learn the anatomy!

Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS, donated copies of her Dental Anatomy Coloring Book to the Napa Dental Experience this year to help raise funds for our community service project, which assists transitioning youth in the foster program. The cover of the book alone piqued the interest of dental professionals, volunteers, and even the catering staff. It is obviously a good tool for students to learn head and neck structures, it is of value to anyone wanting to test their knowledge of dental anatomy, and it is also fun as well.  The coloring book has received very good reviews on the Amazon site, but one reader seemed shocked such a book was not appropriate for children. My guess is that she missed “dental anatomy” and went right to “coloring book” before she purchased. Lory Laughter

NOT FOR KIDS!
Review by oh-so-serious BDJ...

Margaret at the 2013 ADEA Elsevier Booth with her new DAC Textbook

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Wild and Weird Stuff To Look At

Case Development Guide (ADA)

Case Reports

Forensic Dentistry

Inner Life of Cell (Harvard)

Histology Video Lectures (OH MY!)

Understanding Medical Terminology

Plus GREAT STUDY FEATURE ON FRIENDS OF HU-FRIEDY!

What is a Dental Hygiene Review?

Review capsules of information to help both those student dental hygienists that are taking (or retaking) the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) as well as the practicing dental hygienist who just wishes to refresh their didactic knowledge in IMPORTANT treatment concepts. 

The capsules will be concentrated on just that....concepts; a small overview and then review concepts will be given for each area and then will be followed by questions with answers on that material to help with retention. Each month will try to cover two MAJOR subjects that seem to go to the top of list for dental hygiene care.

EXAMPLE

Capsule 1:

Anatomy Review - Overview of Body Systems

Objectives

1. •Review of basic anatomy of the systems of the body.
   

2. •Relate basic anatomy to dental hygiene care.
   

3. •Transfer basic anatomy concepts to daily private practice or use when studying for national board.
   

Overview

Anatomy is a subject that many times (too often) we tend to forget about when treating the patient. However, in order to treat the 'total patient', we have to be alert and educated about many of the anatomical parts of the body.

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Margaret hugging Nevi at the Hu-Friedy booth at the 2013 ADEA Exhibits - and no he did not hug back-after all he is a cool dude instrument...