General and Oral Pathology for Dental Hygiene Practice

- Meets the needs of multiple learning styles and traditional and non-traditional students

- Demonstrates key pathological processes with full-color animations online at DavisPlus that clearly illustrate the stages of pathological development and their implications for oral care.

- Presents full-color clinical photographs as well as crisp radiographs and illustrations of the most commonly seen disorders to make recognition easier.

- Uses clinical implication boxes that correlate chapter discussions to clinical practice to provide a real-world view of the relevance of oral pathology to practice of dental hygiene today.

- Offers critical-thinking exercises based on case scenarios followed by a series of thought-provoking questions that encourage the student to think through the chapter discussions and apply their knowledge.

- Addresses the most important aspects of general pathology, its relationship to head and neck pathology, and its relevance to the practice of dental hygiene.

- Includes an overview of normal diagnostic processes and their clinical findings.

- Reflects contemporary topics and trends in general and head and neck pathology.

- Features a wealth of tools in consistently organized chapters to guide your learning.


- Learning objectives

- Chapter outlines

- Vocabulary lists with pronunciations

- Clinical application boxes

- Full-color clinical photographs, radiographs, and illustrations

- Critical-thinking exercises

- Test questions in National Dental Hygiene Board format