**Selected for 2026 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, 5th 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 boxes 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
