LWW's Dental Hygiene Bookshelf

Woelfel’s Dental Anatomy: ItsRelevance to Dentistry, Eighth EditionRickne C. Scheid DDS, MAJanuary 24, 2011/ 608 pp./ Approx. 605illus./978-1-60831-746-2Instructor Resources:•Test Generator•PowerPoint Slides•Image BankFeatures:• NEW: Illustrations are full-color to reach the visual learner.• NEW: Text is full-color, which also appeals to the visual learner.• Topic List: Outlines topics presented in the chapter.• Learning Objectives: Helps the student appreciate what to expect. The student can referto the objectives to ensure that they are mastering the appropriate knowledge and skills.New Terms: As each new term is encountered for the first time, it is highlighted in bold printand is defined within the text at that time, often with references to figures or diagrams toimprove understanding. The bold print is helpful when using the text as a reference forunderstanding terms that can be found within the text's index.• Pronunciations: New terms that may be difficult to pronounce have phonetic suggestionsplaced within brackets [like this] immediately after the word is first encountered.• Summary Tables: Throughout the text, the authors have placed numerous tables tosummarize the many facts presented within the text. These tables are helpful whenreviewing the highlights of content found within each section.• Learning Exercises: These exercises are presented within the body of each chapter atintervals where the authors feel an active learning experience would be helpful for you tounderstand and/or apply the topic.• Review Questions with Answers: Many chapters or sections end with a series of reviewquestions to test the learner's mastery of the objectives. These questions, in many cases,cover topics similar to those included on past dental and dental hygiene nationalexaminations. For the convenience of quick and convenient feedback, the answers arepresented immediately following the questions.• Critical Thinking Questions: Most chapters end with Critical Thinking Questions so studentscan apply what they've learned in the chapter to answer more complex questions orexercises.• Research Data: This text is unique in providing you with both original and reviewedresearch findings based on the study of thousands of teeth, casts, and mouths.• Appendix of Comparative Dental Anatomy: This text's unique appendix is designed tohelp the learner visualize the many tooth similarities and differences that are often difficultto understand with words alone.